A new Kagome lattice coordination polymer based on bismuth and pyridine-2,5-dicarboxylate: structure and photoluminescent properties

A new Kagome lattice topology assembled from ML4 metal-organic polyhedra prepared using bismuth nitrate and pyridine-2,5-dicarboxylate has been obtained via a solvo-thermal reaction. Bi(pydc)(2)center dot(H3O+)(H2O)(0.83) is, to the best of our knowledge, the first example of a bismuth-based coordination polymer to form with a Kagome topology. Its structure and photoluminescence properties are reported.