Strategies for the Construction of Supramolecular Dimers versus Homoleptic 1D Coordination Polymers Starting from the Diphosphorus [Cp(2)Mo(2)(CO)(4)(η(2)‐P(2))] Complex and Silver(I) Salts

The reactions of the tetrahedral diphosphorus [Cp(2)Mo(2)(CO)(4)(η(2)‐P(2))] (1; Cp = C(5)H(5)) complex with Ag[Al{OC(CF(3))(3)}(4)] (AgTEF) (A) and Ag[FAl{OC(C(6)F(5))(C(6)F(10))}(3)] (AgFAl) (B) were studied. The first reaction led to the formation of the [Ag(2)(η(2)‐1)(2)(η(1):η(1)‐1)(2)][TEF](2) (2) dimer and the [Ag(2)(η(1):η(1)‐1)(3)](n)[TEF](2n) (3) coordination polymer, whereas the second reaction afforded the [Ag(2)(η(1):η(1)‐1)(2)(η(1)‐CH(2)Cl(2))(2)(η(2)‐C(7)H(8))(2)][FAl](2) (4) or the [Ag(2)(η(2)‐1)(2)(η(1):η(1)‐1)(2)][FAl](2) (5) dimer and the [Ag(2)(η(1):η(1)‐1)(4)](n)[FAl](2n) (6) coordination polymer. In each case, the products obtained depended on the ratio of the reactants and/or the synthetic procedure.