Near achiral metal-organic frameworks from conformationally flexible homochiral ligands resulted by the preferential formation of pseudo-inversion center in asymmetric unitElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available: Experimental procedures for the preparation of both ligands and crystals, X-ray crystallographic more figures for the crystal structures, and circular dichroism data. CCDC reference numbers 779227 (La-(±)-1), and 779228 (La-(+)-(S,S)−1. For ESI and crystallographic data in

A near identical MOF from the reaction between a homochiral ligand and La III ion to that from racemic ligand was obtained due to the preferential formation of the pseudo-centrosymmetric arrangement in asymmetric units. A near identical MOF from the reaction between a homochiral ligand and La III ion to that from a racemic ligand was obtained.