Reaction of [2.2]paracyclophane with silver(I) heptafluorobutyrate (AgC
3F
7CO
2) has isolated three novel networks:[Ag
4(pcp)(C
3F
7CO
2)
4]·pyrene (
1), [Ag
4(pcp)(C
3F
7CO
2)
4]·phen (phen = phenanthrene) (
2), and [Ag
4(pcp)(C
3F
7CO
2)
4]·fluorene (
3), and an intercalation compound [Ag
4(pcp)(C
3F
7CO
2)
4]·2benzene (
4). All the four complexes exhibittwo-dimensional (2D) sheet structures in which AgC
3F
7CO
2 form an infinite chain and pcp acts as linkage.
1,
2,and
3 show 2D flat sheets with cavities in which guest molecules are situated, whereas
4 exhibits 2D zigzag layersbetween which guest benzene molecules are intercalated. Pcp shows
-di-
1-
2 coordination mode in
1,
-tetra-
1 coordination mode in
2 and
3, and
-tetra-
2 coordination mode in
4. The reversible guest exchanges wereobserved between complex
1,
2, or
3 and intercalation compound
4. It is unprecedented for metal-organic inclusioncomplexes that the guest exchange occurs where the guest is the solute molecule. Furthermore,
4 can release theguest, and the original framework was completely recovered after reincorporation of benzene. It should be notedthat
4 can incorporate pyrene, phen, and fluorene to give
1,
2, and
3, respectively, after desorption.