Experimental detailsExcept for the hydroxyl groups, which were yielded by difference Fourier maps,all hydrogen atomswere allowed to ride on their respective parent atomsa nd included in the structure factor calculationswithassignedisotropic displacement parameters.
DiscussionRecently, the design and construction of heterometallic complexes catch more and more attention due to their intriguing topologies and potential applications in, e.g., magnetism,g as storage, luminescent materials [1][2][3][4][5]. As known, the selection of metal centers and organic linkers is an extraordinary vital step in theconstruction of metal-organicframeworks(MOFs). Investigators have projected and constructed plenty of architectures by selecting ligands, metal centers and controlling formation of coordination bonds. Numerous examples of 1D, 2D and 3D structures have been rationally designed via various functional ligands. Isonicotinic acid (HIsn), am ulti-functional chelating and/or bridging ligand, has shown its advantages in the construction of multi-dimensional MOFs,e specially when auxiliary ligands participate in the building. In addition, the potential applications of isonicotinic acid complexes used in fluorescence probing have attracted aconsiderable amount of interest from researchers.The symmetry independent unit of the title crystal structure contains one Isn ligand, half an ox ligand, acadmium ion, half azinc ion and a m 3 -bridged hydroxyl group. The Zn2 atom has aslightly distorted octahedral environment, consisting of two O1 atoms from two In ligands, two O4 atomsfrom two different ox ligands and two O5 atomsfrom two m 3 -bridged hydroxyl groups (figure, top). However, the arrangement of the ligand atomsaround Cd1 leads to the formation of apseudo-pentagonal bipyramid, consisting of two oxygen atoms(O3, O4)from one cheated ox ligand, one O3 atom from an ox ligand ,t wo O5 atomsf rom two m 3 -bridged hydroxylgroups, one N1 and one O2 atom from two different Isn ligands (figure, top). TheCd-O bond distances are in Z. Kristallogr.