New cyanide-bridged heteronuclear polymeric complexes, [Cu(hepH) 2 Pt(μ-CN) 2 (CN) 2 ] n (1), [Zn (hepH) 2 Pt(μ-CN) 2 (CN) 2 ] n (2), and [Cd(hepH) 2 Pt(μ-CN) 2 (CN) 2 ] n (3) (2-pyridineethanol abbreviated to hepH), have been synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis, FT-IR and Raman spectroscopies, thermal analysis, and single-crystal X-ray diffraction techniques. Hydrogen bonds play very important roles in the construction of supramolecular structures. From the crystallographic data, it was determined that the crystal packings of 1-3 were composed of rare intermolecular C-H⋯Pt interactions. In addition, these complexes have π⋯π and O-H⋯N interactions.The cyanide-bridged heteronuclear polymeric complexes, [M(hepH) 2 Pt(μ-CN) 2 (CN) 2 ] n (M = Cu(II) (1), Zn(II) (2) and Cd(II) (3); hepH = 2-pyridineethanol), have been synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis, FT-IR and Raman spectroscopies, thermal analysis, and single-crystal X-ray diffraction techniques. The crystallographic analyses reveal that 1 and 2 crystallize in the triclinic *Corresponding author.
Journal of Coordination Chemistrysystem, space group P-1, while 3 crystallizes in the monoclinic system, space group P2 1 /n. The structures of 1-3 consist of 1-D linear chains in which the M(II) and Pt(II) ions are linked by cyanide ligands. Each M(II) center exhibits a distorted octahedral coordination environment with four nitrogens from two cyanides and two hepH ligands. The 1-D chains are further linked by C-H⋯Pt and O-H⋯N hydrogen bonding interactions to construct 3-D supramolecular structures. Thermal stabilities and decomposition products of the complexes were investigated from 30 to 700°C in air.