The first coordination polymer containing a chiral cyclotriphosphazene ligand

The preparation and the single crystal X-ray structure of a new chiral ligand, 3,3,5,5-tetrapyridyloxy-1,1-{(R)-1,1'-dioxy-2,2'-binapthyl}cyclotriphosphazene (L-R), is described. L-R reacts with [Ag(MeCN)(4)]PF6 to produce the complex {[AgLR](PF6)center dot Et2O center dot 2MeCN}(n), which was also characterised by X-ray crystallography. The topology of complex is a ID coordination polymer that, in the crystalline structure, consists of two different infinite chains arranged in layers that are approximately orthogonal to each another. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.