Silver-chalcogen frameworks: crystal and electronic structure of [Ag3S](NO3) and a comparison with [Ag4Te](SO4)

摘要： Crystal and electronic structure of silver-containing metal-inorganic frameworks [Ag3S](NO3) and [Ag4Te](SO4) have been examined. For [Ag3S](NO3), the crystal structure has been re-determined from X-ray single crystal diffraction data and refined to R = 2.7% in order to determine the exact position of the nitrate anion. It is shown that the main structural feature of [Ag3S](NO3) and [Ag4Te](SO4) is the framework based on the combination of silver-chalcogen and silver-silver interactions, with guest oxoanions filling the cavities. Effectively, ionic interactions between guest anions and the framework differ significantly from the interactions within frameworks themselves, where the bonding analysis shows the tendency for more covalent bonding and indicates that the bonding patterns are consistent with what is regarded as metallophilic interactions.