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Graphical Abstract: A heterometal complex [RuIIRuIII(n-C3H7COO)4AuIII(CN)4]n was synthesized. The X-ray crystallography elucidated a chain molecule of alternating arrangement of Ru2(n-C3H7COO)4+ and Au(CN)4– units with cis-bridging mode. Magnetic susceptibility data showed that magnetic interaction between RuIIRuIII units (S= 3/2) is negligible small with a zero-field splitting parameter D of 60 cm–1.