An unprecedented supramolecular network with channels filled by 1D coordination polymer chains: Cocrystallization of Ag(i)-4,4′-bipyridine and Ag(i)-benzimidazole complexes

An unprecedented supramolecular network formed by [Ag(4,4′-bipyridine)]n chains and [Ag(NO3)4]3− anions via Ag⋯O interaction shows four types of channels filled by [Ag(4,4′-bipyridine)]n chains, [Ag(benzimidazole)]n chains and water molecules, representing the first example of cocrystallization of two 1D infinite coordination polymer chains.