Inorganic Chemistry, Vol.38, No.10, 2530-2532, 1999
[CuCN center dot Me3SnCN center dot C4H4N2]: A threefold-interpenetrating, distorted-diamondoid framework (C4H3N2 = pyrazine)
Notably distorted, adamandoid Cu-10 cages with Cu ... Cu edges of 10.795(6) Angstrom (Cu-CN-Sn(Me-3)-NC-Cu) and 7.142(5) Angstrom (Cu-pyrazine-Cu) are the basic building blocks of the novel supramolecular assembly [CuCN . Me3SnCN . C4H4N2] (C4H4N2 = pyrazine). Interpenetration of three equivalent, distorted-diamondoid frameworks affords comparatively compact crystal packing.