Four heterobimetallic trinuclear Fe I -Cu II -Fe I complexes [Cu(cyclam)][Fe(bpb)(CN) 2 ] 2 Á4H 2 O (1), [Cu(cyclam)][Fe(bpClb)(CN) 2 ] 2 Á4H 2 O (2), [Cu(cyclam)] [Fe(bpmb)(CN) 2 ] 2 Á4H 2 O (3) and [Cu(cyclam)] [Fe(bpdmb)-(CN) 2 ] 2 ÁH 2 O (4) (cyclam = 1,4,8,11-tetraaza cyclotetradecane, bpb 2-,5-dimethyl-benzenate) have been synthesized based on cyanide-containing building blocks [Fe(L)CN 2 ] -(L = bpb 2-, bpClb 2-, bpmb 2-and bpdmb 2-) and [Cu(cyclam)] 2? . Their structures and magnetic properties were investigated. The single-crystal X-ray diffraction analyses reveal that they are all neutral trinuclear sandwich-like structures. Magnetic investigations show that they are all abnormal antiferromagnetic, with J = -0.95 cm -1 for 1, -0.70 cm -1 for 2, -0.93 cm -1 for 3 and -0.85 cm -1 for 4 based on the Hamiltonian Ĥ = -2 JŜ Cu (Ŝ Fe(1) ? Ŝ Fe (2) ). The abnormal antiferromagnetic coupling between Fe(III) and Cu(II) in the four complexes can be attributed to the small Cu-N:C bond angles.