Solvent-Induced Assembly of Sliver Coordination Polymers (CPs) as Cooperative Catalysts for Synthesizing of Cyclopentenone[b]pyrroles Frameworks

A series of solvent-induced Ag-based coordination polymers (CPs) (1–3), which were synthesized by regulating the size, shape, and polarity of solvent molecules (EtOH, iPrOH, 1,4-dioxane) as structure-directing agents, has been used as heterogeneous catalysts to explore how the metal–metal bonds could serve as cooperative catalysis for tandem acylation–Nazarov cyclization reaction to prepare cyclopentenone­[b]­pyrroles frameworks. Structural conversions from a three-dimensional (3D) framework of 1 to the structure of 2 with Ag–Ag–Ag bonds and to the two-dimensional (2D) framework of 3 with Ag–Ag bonds, arising from the different sizes, shapes, and polarities of the solvent molecules, were observed. Futhermore, the effective cooperative catalysis for tandem acylation–Nazarov cyclization reaction has been evidenced by the significantly transformed connection modes of Ag–Ag interactions in 1–3. As a result, the unique structural characteristics of 2, especially containing the Ag–Ag–Ag bonds, endow 2 with intact multinuclear reaction pathways and well-defined multinuclear platforms that can execute tandem acylation–Nazarov cyclization reaction through the cooperative effect of Ag–Ag–Ag interactions during the catalytic process.