Crystal Formation of a Coordination Cage through Spherical Particles Derived from a Tripodal Ligand Containing Adamantane Moiety and Silver(I) Salt

The mixing of a tripodal ligand bearing pyridyl groups with AgOTf affords crystals with a coordination cage from a mixture of acetonitrile and toluene. In the complex, two ligands are linked with three metal centers, where counter anions are coordinated to the silver atoms. The crystals are formed through the spherical particles and their fused network aggregates consisting of the complexes.