Four ultraviolet light-emitting Cd II complexes were hydrothermally prepared and their single-crystal structures and luminescent properties were fully studied. It is found that the addition of 2,2′-bipyridine not only changes the single-crystal structures, but also the luminescence spectra. (4), where L 1 = 3,3′-(4-phenyl-4H-1,2,4-triazole-3,5-diyl)dibenzoate, L 2 = 3,3′-(4-(4-fluorophenyl)-4H-1,2,4triazole-3,5-diyl)dibenzoate, and bpy = 2,2′-bipyridine, were hydrothermally synthesized and characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction, powder scattering spectra, and infrared spectra. 1-4 possess excellent thermal stability with decomposition temperature of ca. 340°C. Their powder samples mainly give luminescent spectra at 350, 339, 351, and 339 nm, respectively, which should be attributed to the ligand-centered π* → π transfer transitions. Additionally, 1-4 have weak emission bands at 400-500 nm, which are tentatively attributed to the triplet ligand to ligand charge transfer transitions.