A series of new isostructural lanthanide MOFs, [Ln 2 (pda) 3 -(H 2 O)]·2H 2 O [Ln = La (1), Ce(2), Pr(3), Nd(4), Sm(5), Eu(6), Gd(7), Tb(8), Dy(9), Ho(10), Er(11), Tm(12), and Yb (13); H 2 dpa = 1,4-phenylenediacetate], have been solvothermally synthesized and structurally characterized by single-crystal (or/and powder) X-ray diffraction analysis. All the MOFs are isostructural and consist of 1D Ln-COO helixes that are cross-linked by the -CH 2 C 6 H 4 CH 2 -spacers of the pda 2-anions in a 3D compressed honeycomb-shaped network with 1D open channels, which accommodate guest and coordi-