The title complex [Sm2（bdc）3（phen）2]n （1, H2bdc = 1,3-benzenedicarboxylic acid, phen = 1,10-phenanthrolin）, a new samarium（III） complex based on ligand H2bdc and 1,10-phen- anthrolin, has been hydrothermally synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis, FT-IR, and single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The crystal structure reveals that the Sm（1） centre adopts an eight-coordinated distorted square anti-prism coordination geometry, while the Sm（2） centre adopts a nine-coordinated distorted monocapped square prism coordination geometry. The ligand bdc2- takes two different connecting modes and links the Sm（llI） centers to give rise to a 2D network structure. Further, 2D layers of 1 are connected together to form a 3D structure through C-H-O hydrogen bonding interactions. The luminescent property and thermal stability of complex 1 are studied. 1 belongs to the triclinic system, space group P1 with a = 10.7367（5）, b = 14.3750（7）, c = 13.7505（3）A, a = 92.8840（10）, β = 104.4010（10）, ）, = 98.1400（10）°, Z= 2, V= 2143.44（18） A3, Mr = 1153.44, Dc = 1.787 g/cm3, F（000） = 1128,μ= 2.784 mm-1, the final R = 0.0279 and wR = 0.0720 for 8226 observed reflections with 1 〉 2σ（I）.
A novel coordination polymer, {[Co（CBA）（BIMB）0.5]＇H20}n （1, H2CBA = 4,4＇- （propane-2,2-diyl）dibenzoic acid, and BIMB = 4,4＇-bis（1-imidazolyl）biphenyl）, has been hydro- thermally prepared and characterized by IR spectroscopy, elemental analysis and single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The crystal is of monoclinic system, space group P2/c with a = 14.909（3）, b = 7.1963（15）, c = 24.592（5） A, β = 104.312（2）, V = 2556.5（9） A3, C26H23N2OsCo, Mr = 502.39, Dc = 1.305 g/cm3, F（000） = 1040,μ = 0.708 mm-1 and Z = 4. The final R= 0.0580 and wR = 0.1605 for 3228 observed reflections （1 〉 2a（I））. Single-crystal structure analysis shows that complex 1 exhibits a three-dimensional 2-fold interpenetrating pillared helical-layer open framework of a-Po topology based upon binuclear paddlewheel units. Moreover, its magnetic properties have also been investigated.
