Metal-organic polyhedra containing 36 and 24 folds of amide groups for selective luminescent recognition of natural disaccharides

An octa-nuclear bicoronal Ce-based triangular prism and tetra-nuclear molecular tetrahedron containing 36 and 24 folds amides within their main backbones were achieved and structurally characterized for the selective luminescent recognition of lactose and sucrose, respectively, over other related natural mono- and disaccharides.