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The title compound, (C4H12N)[Cu3(CN)4]n, crystallizes as a CuCN network solid, with diethylammonium cations sandwiched between planar CuCN sheets comprised of trigonal planar and digonally coordinated CuI atoms bridged by linear CN groups to form 24-membered rings. The digonally coordinated CuI atoms and the diethylammonium cations lie on separate crystallographic twofold rotation axes. One of the two independent CN groups has a 50:50 disordered orientation, while the other has one orientation favored due to a N—H...NC hydrogen bond between the diethylammonium cation and the anionic CuCN framework. These hydrogen bonds link the sheets together into a three-dimensional network.