A new luminescent 3D metal-organic framework possessing a rare (3,5)-connected net which can be transformed from a 2D double layer

Applying a nonplanar dicarboxylate ligand, a new 3D metal-organic framework, Zn(TBDC1)(1/2)(TBDC2)(1/2) (1), possessing a rare (3,5)-connected net has been synthesized and characterized; complex 1 can be formed from a 2D double layer by thermally liberating the coordinated water and dmf molecules, simultaneous with luminescence-increased changes.