Silver(I) carboxylates: versatile inorganic analogs of carboxylic acids for supramolecular network formation.

Dimeric motifs formed by silver(I) carboxylates, illustrated here by the unit Ag2(CF3CO2)2, resemble the well known dimerization of carboxylic acids, i.e. 'H2(RCO2)2', but exhibit greater flexibility, while permitting further elaboration into neutral coordination networks through linkage of the silver centres via ditopic ligands.