A new 8-connected self-penetrating metal–organic framework based on dinuclear cadmium clusters as secondary building units

A new metal–organic framework (MOF) based on metal clusters as secondary building units (SBU), has been synthesized and structurally characterized. The reported MOF presents an interesting 8-connected self-penetrating coordination network based on dinuclear cadmium cluster with a 4 24 ·5·6 3 topology. Moreover, the thermal stability and luminescence property of this compound have been investigated.