Silver(I) o-Nitrobenzoate

Article abstract of DOI:10.1107/S0108270194001381

The title compound, , was obtained from silver nitrate and 2-nitrobenzoic acid in aqueous solution.The crystal comprises a threedimensional polymeric network with short Ag--Ag distances <2.804(1) and 2.892(1) Angstroem>.All three Ag atoms of the asymmetric unit are included in eightmembered rings (Ag--O--C--O)2 with two types of coordination: (a) a trigonal bipyramidal arrangement (for one Ag atom of the asymmetric unit), the Ag atom being linked to another Ag atom and to four O atoms , and (b) a tetrahedral arrangement (for two Ag atoms of the asymmetric unit), where each Ag atom is linked to another and to three O atoms .Moreover, the o-nitrobenzoato ligands show three different conformations induced by the coordination modes, with rotations of the NO2 and CO2 groups, resulting in all the atoms of each ligand not being located in the same plane.