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(TBDC(1))(1/2)(TBDC(2))(1/2) (), possessing a rare (3,5)-connected net has been synthesized and characterized; complex can be formed from a 2D double layer by thermally liberating the coordinated water and dmf molecules, simultaneous with luminescence-increased changes.