Self-assembly of novel supramolecular silver(I) compound based on mixed ligands bipy/TST3−, H3TST = 2,4,6-tris (4-sulfophenylamino)-1,3,5-triazine

The novel supramolecular silver(I) compound with formula [Ag6(TST)2(bipy)6(H2O)2]n · 3nH2O (1) based on assembly of Ag(I) and mixed ligand bipy/TST3−, bipy = 2,2′-bipyridine, H3TST = 2,4,6-tris(4-sulfophenylamino)-1,3,5-triazine, has been prepared by hydrothermal method. In the solid-state structure of 1, two-dimensional layered polymeric structures extended with subunits [Ag6(TST)2(bipy)6(H2O)2] interact each other in the form of π–π attractions between bipy, forming a three-dimensional supramolecular architecture. Compound 1 represents a Ag-containing polymeric compound possessing room-temperature luminescence.