Three new metal-organic coordination polymers, Cd(bpdc)(phen)
2·2H
2O (
1) (H
2bpdc = biphenyl-4,4'-dicarboxylic acid), Cd(BDC)(phen)·DMF (
2) (H
2BDC = benzene-1,4-dicarboxylic acid), and Cd
2(btec)(phen)
2(H
2O)
2(
3) (H
4btec = 1,2,4,5-benzenetetracarboxylic acid), were synthesized under different conditions by using the metal-organic coordination compound Cd(phen)
2(NO
3)
2 as the metal source instead of inorganic metal salt. Polymer
1 isa 1-D zigzag chain, which crystallizes in the monoclinic system,
Cc space group. Polymer
2 is a 2-D layered network,which crystallizes in the monoclinic system,
P2/
c space group. The 3-D supramolecular framework
3 crystallizes inthe triclinic system,
P space group. The particular interest of
3 is two entirely independent cadmium atoms in itsstructure. They separately form 1-D polymeric chains, which are alternately arranged to form a 3-D supramolecularframework through interchain hydrogen bonds. Additionally, these three compounds show strong fluorescence inthe solid state at room temperature.