meso-[5,10,15,20-Tetrakis(4-cyanophenyl)porphyrinato]zinc

In the title compound, [Zn(C48H24N8)], the coordination environment of the Zn2+ ion (site symmetry overline1) is octahedral, with four indole N atoms forming the equatorial plane and the axial positions being occupied by N atoms from the cyanide groups of neighbouring molecules. In the crystal, adjacent molecules are assembled into a two-dimensional supramolecular framework parallel to (overline101) via the coodination bonding. Topology analysis reveals this compound to be a (4,4)-connected network.