Disentangling Disorder in the Three-Dimensional Coordination Network of {Ag3[Tris(2-pyridylmethyl)cyclotriguaiacylene]2}(PF6)3

The crystalline complex {Ag 3 [Tris(2-pyridylmethyl)cyclotriguaiacylene] 2 }(PF 6 ) 3 has been synthesized and shown by X-ray crystallography to have a disordered three-dimensional cubic coordination network structure. The coordination network features a back-to-back stacking of the molecular host-type ligands into tetrahedral clusters, and the PF 6 - anions act as both intracavity guests and lattice-type guests. Disentangling the network disorder gives a 4-fold interpenetrating (10,3)-a net.