Reaction of the rigid ligand 2,4,5,6-tetrachloro-1,3-benzenedicarboxylic acid (1,3-H 2 BDC-Cl 4 ) with copper(II) nitrate in different solvent systems afforded two new complexes (2), which were fully characterized by elemental analysis, IR spectroscopy, as well as single crystal and powder Xray diffiraction techniques. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction reveals that complexes 1 and 2 crystallize in different space groups P2 1 /m and Pbca, respectivly. Compound 1 shows a two-dimensional (2D) (4,6)connected layered network constructed by the connectivity between one-dimensional (1D) [-Cu-DMF-COO-] n chains and tetrachlorinated