) and [ZnL 2 2 (NCS) 2 ] n (8) have been synthesized and structurally characterized by IR spectroscopy, UV spectroscopy, thermogravimetric (TG) analyses, luminescent spectroscopy and complete single-crystal structure analyses, where L 1 is (N 0 ,N 0 -bis[1-(pyridin-4-yl)methylidene]benzil dihydrazone) and L 2 is (N 0 ,N 0 -bis[1-(pyridin-3yl)methylidene]benzil dihydrazone), respectively. The structure of 1 exhibits a two-dimensional layer network featuring trimetal 36-membered non-planar macrocycles. Polymer 2 is a one-dimensional chain structure with tetranuclear metallacyclic rings. For polymer 3, each ligand acts as a bidentate ligand to bind two Ag(I) centers and each silver center is coordinated to two N-donors from two ligands forming a one-dimensional chain. Polymer 4 displays a two-dimensional layer network containing tetranuclear 68-membered metallocyclic rings. 8) show all one-dimensional chain structures containing bimetallic 8-membered rings and tetrametallic 42-membered rings for 5, bimetallic 34-membered quadrangular rings for 6 and 7, and bimetallic 30-membered quadrangular rings for 8, respectively. The luminescent properties of L 1 , L 2 and 1-8 in the solid state were investigated.