Poly[bis(mu2-2-aminopyrazine-kappa2N1:N4)(mu2-nitrato-kappa2O:O)(nitrato-kappa2O,O')disilver(I)]: an achiral two-dimensional coordination polymer forming chiral crystals.

The solution reaction of AgNO(3) and 2-aminopyrazine (apyz) in a 1:1 ratio gives rise to the title compound, [Ag(2)(NO(3))(2)(C(4)H(5)N(3))(2)](n), (I), which possesses a chiral crystal structure. In (I), both of the crystallographically independent Ag(I) cations are coordinated in tetrahedral geometries by two N atoms from two apyz ligands and two O atoms from nitrate anions; however, the Ag(I) centers show two different coordination environments in which one is coordinated by two O atoms from two different symmetry-related nitrate anions and the second is coordinated by two O atoms from a single nitrate anion. The crystal structure consists of one-dimensional Ag(I)-apyz chains, which are further extended by mu(2)-kappa(2)O:O nitrate anions into a two-dimensional (4,4) sheet. N-H...O and C(apyz)-H...O hydrogen bonds connect neighboring sheets to form a three-dimensional supramolecular framework.