SUPRAMOLECULAR STRUCTURES IN SOLID-STATE AGCN-CD(CN)(2)-(4-PICOLINE) COMPLEXES - AN INTERWOVEN DOUBLE NETWORK OF [CD(AG(CN)(2))(2)](N) IN [TRANS-CD(4-MEPY)(2)(AG(CN)(2))(2)]CENTER-DOT(4-MEPY) AND A LINEAR-CHAIN OF [-CD-NC-AG(CN)AG-CN-](N) IN [CD(4-MEPY)(4)(AG-2(CN)(3))][AG(CN)(2)]

The title complexes in the compositions 2Ag(CN).Cd(CN)(2).3(4-Mepy) and 3Ag(CN).Cd(CN)(2).4(4-MePY) crystallize from the same mother solution with the supramolecular structures remarkably different from each other. The former is a clathrate accommodating a guest 4-Mepy in the interwoven double network host. The latter host is comprise d of -Cd(4-Mepy)(4)-NC-Ag(CN)Ag-CN- linear chains among which discrete [Ag(CN)(2)](-) anions are incorporated.