The coordination behaviour of chiral 2,2′:6′,2″-terpyridines with silver(I) is solvent dependent; in acetonitrile, mononuclear [Ag(L)(MeCN)]+ complexes are formed, whereas in less coordinating solvents such as methanol or nitromethane, solid state tetranuclear bis(double helices) [{Ag2L2}2]4+ are obtained.
