Group 10 metal-cyanide scaffolds in complexes and extended frameworks: Properties and applications

To date, group 10 metal-cyanide scaffolds as promising candidates in the form of discrete organometallic complexes or one-, two- and three-dimensional coordination polymers have been attracted considerable attention due to their interesting properties and potential applications in many fields from medicine to materials science. In this review, cyanide compounds, according to structural, physical, chemical, and optical properties, were classified and various applications, based on the number of connected cyanide ligands to these metals, such as luminescence, porosity, halogen or hydrogen-bond acceptors, negative thermal expansion, nanostructures, magnetism, catalyst, and medicine were discussed.