“…Therefore, selective design of organic ligands are usually crucial for the formation of novel frameworks. Flexible ligands containing N-donors [10][11][12], which possess rich structural information and free conformation, are highly attractive because their flexibilities allow for greater structural diversity [13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]. Among them, the flexible bis-imidazole/triazole/benzimidazole ligands, such as 1,1 0 -(1,4-butanediyl)bis(imidazole) [21], 1,4-bis(imidazol-1-ylmethyl)benzene [22,23], 1,2-bis(1,2,4-triazol-4-yl)ethane [24,25], 1,1-(1,4-butanediyl)bis-1H-benzimidazole [26] have been widely reported.…”