“…Data collection: SMART (Bruker, 2002); cell refinement: SAINT (Bruker, 2002); data reduction: SAINT; program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXTL. 4′-Phenyl-2,2′:6′,2"-terpyridine (phtpy) is an excellent chelating ligand and arising from its good coordinating abilities with a broad variety of transition metal ions, such as Cu I , Ag I , Mn II , Ni II , Cu II , Zn II and Ru II metal ions, it has recently been the focus of several investigations (Chen et al, 2005;Constable et al, 1990;Hou & Li, 2005;Rao et al, 1997;Shi et al, 2007;Tu et al, 2004;Xie et al, 2008). Some of the reported complexes exhibit interesting photoluminescent and magnetic properties.…”