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

A new Kagomé lattice topology assembled from ML(4) metal-organic polyhedra prepared using bismuth nitrate and pyridine-2,5-dicarboxylate has been obtained via a solvo-thermal reaction. Bi(pydc)(2)·(H(3)O(+))(H(2)O)(0.83) is, to the best of our knowledge, the first example of a bismuth-based coordination polymer to form with a Kagomé topology. Its structure and photoluminescence properties are reported.