Two three-dimensional cyano-bridged bimetallic cadmium(II) and copper(II)-copper(I) mixed-valence polymer compounds: Crystal structures and thermal stability analysis and magnetic properties

In this paper, we first report two 3D coordination network configurations in which cadmium(II) and copper(II) - copper(I) centres connect though cyano- bridges. The cyano anions connected the cadmium and copper centres with bidentate or tridentate bridging modes resulting in two complicated 3D networks for 1 and 2. Complex 1 has a rare 5,6-connected network, while complex 2 can be reduced to a 6-connected a-Po net. The magnetic and thermal properties of 1 and 2 are also studied.