A novel compound, {[Y（HPIDC）（OX）1/2（H2O）]·2H2O}n （1, H3PIDC = 2-（pyridin-4- yl）-1H-imidazole-4,5-dicarboxylic acid, H2OX = oxalic acid）, has been synthesized under hydrothermal conditions and characterized by thermal analysis （TGA）, powder X-ray diffraction （PXRD）, and single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Complex 1 crystallizes in monoclinic space group P21/c with a = 8.342（8）, b = 14.61（1）, c = 11.487（1）, β = 90.78（9）°, V = 1400.4（2）3, Z = 4, C11H11N3O9Y, Mr = 418.14, Dc = 1.983 g/cm3, F（000） = 836, Rint = 0.0509, T = 293（2） K, μ = 4.240 mm-1, the final R = 0.0477 and wR = 0.1125 for 2770 observed reflections with I 2σ（I）. Compound 1 exhibits a 3D framework and generates the 1D open channels filled with free water molecules. The structure of 1 can be rationalized as a diamondoid network when the atom yttrium is regarded as a 4-connected node linking four surrounding yttrium atoms. The luminescent property of compound 1 is also investigated.
Hydrothermal reactions of Na2MoO2·2H2O and NH4VO3（or V2O5） with appropriate reducing agents such as organic amines, NH2OH·HCl and Mo（CO）6 gave rise to the formation of a series of capped Keggin derivatives, [N（CH3）4]2Na3（NH4）2[（V^VO4）Mo^VI8V^IV4O36（V^IVO）2]·-13H2O（1）, [NH4]7[（V^VO4）Mo^VI8V^IV4O36（V^IVO）2]·7H2O（2）, [HN（CH2CH2）3NH][（PO4）Mo^V3Mo^VI9O36（V^IVO）2]·-3[N（CH2CH2）3N]·（en）·4.5H2O（3） and [HNH2OH][NH4]2[（V^VO4）Mo^VI8V^IV4O36（V^IVO）4]·24H2O（4）. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis revealed that the anions in 1-3 are two-capped Keggin derivatives with characteristic trans vanadium-oxygen caps, whereas the heteropoly anion in 4 is a tetra-capped α-Keggin derivative with characteristic vanadium-oxygen caps on the equatorial plane.
