Anion induced structural transformation in silver-(3,6-dimethoxy-1,2,4,5-tetrazine) coordination polymers under mechanochemical conditions

Mechanochemical reactions of 3,6-dimethoxy-s-tetrazine (dmotz) with AgCF3SO3 and AgClO4 afforded the 1D linear polymer [Ag(dmotz)(CF3SO3)]n (1) and the 2D grid polymer {[Ag(dmotz)2](ClO4)}n (2), respectively. Mechanochemical processes convert 1 to 2 in the presence of an equivalent of [ClO4](-) and dmotz; even on using excess [CF3SO3](-), conversion from 2 to 1 was not observed.