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Cyanide, as an ambidentate ligand, plays a pivotal role in providing a simple diatomic building-block motif for controlled metal aggregation (M–CN–M′). Specifically, the inherent hard–soft nature of the cyanide ligand, i.e. , hard-nitrogen and soft-carbon centers, is due to electronic handles for binding Lewis acids following the hard–soft acid–base principle. Studies by Holm and Karlin showed structural and electronic requirements for cyanide-bridged (por)Fe III –CN–Cu II/I (por = porphyrin) molecular assemblies as biomimetics for cyanide-inhibited terminal quinol oxidases and cytochrome-C oxidase. The dinitrosyliron unit (DNIU) that exists in two redox states, {Fe(NO) 2 } 9 and {Fe(NO) 2 } 10 , draws attention as an electronic analogy of Cu II and Cu I , d 9 and d 10 , respectively. In similar controlled aggregations, L-type [(η 5 -C 5 R 5 )Fe(dppe)(CN)] (dppe = diphenyl phosphinoethane; R = H and Me) have been used as N-donor, μ-cyanoiron metalloligands to stabilize the DNIU in two redox states. Two bimetallic [(η 5 -C 5 R 5 )(dppe)Fe II –CN–{Fe(NO) 2 } 9 (sIMes)][BF 4 ] complexes, Fe-1 (R = H) and Fe*-1 (R = CH 3 ), showed dissimilar Fe II CN–{Fe(NO) 2 } 9 angular bends due to the electronic donor properties of the [(η 5 -C 5 R 5 )Fe(dppe)(CN)] μ-cyanoiron metalloligand. A trimetallic [(η 5 -C 5 Me 5 )(dppe)Fe II –CN] 2 –{Fe(NO) 2 } 10 complex, Fe*-2 , engaged two bridging μ-cyanoiron metalloligands to stabilize the {Fe(NO) 2 } 10 unit. The lability of the Fe II –CN–{Fe(NO) 2 } 9/10 bond was probed by suitable X-type (Na + SPh − ) and L-type (PMe 3 ) ligands. Treatment of Fe-1 and Fe*-1 with PMe 3 accounted for a reduction-induced substitution at the DNIU, releasing [(η 5 -C 5 R 5 )Fe(dppe)(CN)] and N-heterocyclic carbene, and generating (PMe 3 ) 2 Fe(NO) 2 as the reduced {Fe(NO) 2 } 10 product.