“…1, left; HacacCN; Burrows et al, 2007;Kondracka & Englert, 2008;, 1,3-di(pyridyl)acetylacetones (Burrows et al, 2010(Burrows et al, , 2012) and 3-(4-pyridyl)-2,4-pentanedione (Fig. 1, right;HacacPy;Mackay et al, 1995;Vreshch et al, 2003Vreshch et al, , 2004Vreshch et al, , 2005Chen et al, 2004;Zhang et al, 2008;Li et al, 2011; represent candidates for the engineering of extended structures. The nitrile-substituted HacacCN may essentially be regarded as an acetylacetonate; this functional group allows coordination to a broad range of di-and trivalent cations.…”