A new complex, [Ni2（L）4（H2O）8]（1, L1 = 4-（1H-imidazol-4-yl）benzoic acid）, has been hydrothermally prepared and characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction, IR spectroscopy, elemental analysis and PXRD. Complex 1 crystallizes in monoclinic, space group P21/c with α = 22.281（2）, b = 7.3959（7）, c = 24.978（3） ？, β = 90.876（10）, V = 4115.6（7） ？3, Z = 8, C20H22N4O8Ni, Mr = 505.13, Dc = 1.630 g/cm3, μ = 1.001 mm-1, S = 1.080, F（000） = 2096, the final R = 0.452 and wR = 0.1152 for 9380 observed reflections （I 〉 2σ（I））. The result of X-ray diffraction analysis revealed three different kinds of Ni（II） centre mononuclear molecules in the asymmetric unit. The independent mononuclear units are bridged to form a three-dimensional supramolecular polymer by extensive hydrogen bonds and C–H… non-covalent bonding interactions.
A novel complex, [Zn（L）]2·H2O（1, H2 L = 4-aminophthalic acid）, has been hydrothermally prepared and characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction, IR spectroscopy, elemental analysis and PXRD. Complex 1 crystallizes in monoclinic, space group C2/c with a = 12.4267（6）, b = 7.7482（3）, c = 18.6983（8） A, β = 110.437（3）°, V = 1687.04（13） A3, Z = 4, C16H12N2O9Zn2, Mr = 507.06, Dc = 1.996 g/cm3, μ = 2.903 mm-1, S = 0.989, F（000） = 1016, the final R = 0.0304 and w R = 0.0720 for 12618 observed reflections（I 〉 2σ（I））. Single-crystal X-ray structural analysis reveals that compound 1 features a three-dimensional（3D） framework with 4-connected umc topology. Moreover, the thermogravimetric（TG） analysis and photoluminescent property of 1 were also discussed.
