Quan-Ming Wang, Guo-Cong Guo and Thomas C. W. Mak
The novel coordination polymer [CuSCN(bpa)] [bpa = 1,2-bis(4-pyridyl)ethane] consists of two interpenetrating three-dimensional four-connected frameworks of rare 42638 topology, each being constructed from the cross-linkage of infinite zigzag [(CuSCN)2]∞ chains by bpa ligands.