2D-cadmium MOF and gismondine-like zinc coordination network based on the N-(2-tetrazolethyl)-4′-glycine linkerElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available: Crystal data, coordination environments of metal ions, gas adsorption simulations and computational structural characterization, gas adsorption measurements and luminescence properties. CCDC 981722 and 981723. For ESI and crystallographic data in CIF or other electronic format see DOI: 10.1039/c5nj00011d

We have designed and synthesized two new metal-organic-frameworks (MOFs) using the novel N -(2-tetrazolethyl)-4′-glycine spacer (TeGly) 2− . We report the in situ formation of cadmium- and zinc-based MOFs using hydrothermal routes. The cadmium-based MOF shows a bi-dimensional network with luminescence emission while the zinc-based MOF exhibits a three-dimensional structure with gismondine topology and intense blue-greenish photoluminescence emission at room temperature in the solid state. In addition, the porosity of the Zn-based MOF has been fully characterized using a combination of computational methods and experimental techniques. We have designed and synthesized two new metal-organic-frameworks (MOFs) using the novel N -(2-tetrazolethyl)-4′-glycine spacer (TeGly) 2− . These materials exhibit intense photoluminescence.