“…Moreover, 1D coordination polymers of Cd 6 chair-shape cluster [Cd 6 (2-Acpy) 4 (N 3 ) 12 ] n (H 2 O) 2n ·(CH 3 OH) n and their corresponding pentadecanuclear Cd 15 crown-like cluster [Cd 15 12 (N 3 ) 30 ] n ·(CH 3 OH) n were isolated with 2-acetylpyridine (2-Acpy) under slightly different stoichiometric conditions [2,3]. An interesting series of discrete cadmium-azide clusters with diverse nuclearity and poly-azide-connectors containing tri- [35,36], tetra- [37,38], penta- [35], hexa- [39], hepta- [40] and even octa-cadmium centers [41] were also reported. Herein, we report the synthesis, crystal structure and the luminescent emission of the novel hexanuclear cluster, [Cd 6 (TPA) 4 (µ 3 -1,1,3-N 3 ) 4 (µ 2 -1,1-N 3 ) 6 ](ClO 4 ) 2 ·2H 2 O (1), where TPA = tris(2-methypyridyl)amine.…”