Pyrazoles hold a prominent position as ligands in coordination chemistry and their complexes with monovalent coinage metal ions (CuI, AgI, and AuI) have attracted widespread interest in the last decades. These compound can adopt a variety of structures, ranging from polymeric chain to oligomeric aggregates of different nuclearities. Besides, they often show fascinating luminescence properties and tendency to aggregate in the solid state forming supramolecular structures. Both phenomena are mainly due to attractive interactions between the closed shell orbitals of the monovalent d10 coinage metal atoms. The intermolecular, ligand unsupported, metallophilic interactions are anyway weak forces highly sensitive to factors other than just the metal ion and are thus difficult to predict and control. This work investigates the strategies to direct and maximize the metallophilic contacts within this family of complexes.weiterlesen