Clear Ag–Ag bonds in three silver(I) carboxylate complexes with high cytotoxicity properties

The reaction of Ag2O and carboxylate ligands in ammonium solution results in three coordination polymers, [Ag(fbc)]n 1, [Ag2(cpd)]n 2 and [Ag2(idc)]n 3, where fbcH is 4-fluorobenzoic acid, cpdH2 is cyclopentane-1,1-dicarboxylic acid and idcH2 is iminodiacetic acid. The X-ray crystal structural analysis indicates that compounds 1 and 2 are two-dimensional frameworks and 3 is a three-dimensional framework. All the three complexes show clear Ag–Ag bonds and high cytotoxicity properties to normal cells and carcinoma cells.