MINERALOMIMETIC CHEMISTRY OF CYANOMETALATES

The structural similarity between Cd-x(CN)(y) and SixOy in the A(x)B(y ) composition, A taking tetrahedral positions linked successively with B to build up multi-dimensional structures such as 1D-chains, 2D-laye rs, or 3D-lattices, can be utilized in developing mineral-like but unp recedented inclusion or supramolecular structures using cadmium cyanid e and cyanocadmate moieties as building blocks, Examples have been dem onstrated with single crystal structures for such inclusion structures as silica-mimetic Cd(CN)(2) host clathrates, clay-mimetic 2D-layer an d zeolite-mimetic 3D-lattice cyanocadmate host inclusion compounds.