“…It is well known that hexacyanidometallate, [Co(CN) 6 ] 3À , is a good building block for the assembly of multidimensional architectures. The cyanide groups can partly or fully participate in the formation of coordination bonds with various metal ions to generate diverse structures, including clusters, one-dimensional chains, two-dimensional layers and three-dimensional frameworks (Tanase & Reedijk, 2006;Shao & Yu, 2014;Mondal et al, 2001;Keene et al, 2011;Sima & Zhang, 2011). However, the further development of cyanide-bridged complex systems is obstructed by the limited availability of cationic assembled units of the general formula [ML x (H 2 O) m ] n+ (M is a divalent transition-metal ion and L is a polydentate ligand, such as a polyamine, a Schiff base or a macrocyclic ligand) (Nemec et al, 2011;Samanta et al, 2007;Qin et al, 2013).…”