Three unique three-dimensional cyanide-based networks with {4284} PtS-type topology, ZnM(CN)4 (M = Ni(1), Pd(2), Pt(3)), have been synthesized deliberately from [M(CN)4]2− as “square-planar” building blocks and characterized by single crystal X-ray diffraction.
![Graphical abstract: Three unique two-fold interpenetrated three-dimensional networks with PtS-type topology constructed from [M(CN)4]2− (M = Ni, Pd, Pt) as “square-planar” building blocks](http://hg.y866.cn/compound/lib/scimg/usr/1/B917262A.jpg)
