Zinc(II) and cadmium(II) complexes based on 2-(3,5-dimethyl-1H-pyrazol-1-yl)-6-(4-methoxyphenyl)pyrimidine-4-carboxylic acid: Synthesis, structure and luminescence

►Zinc(II) and cadmium(II) complexes with pyrazolylpyrimidinecarboxylate. ►Pyrazolylpyrimidinecarboxylate acts as a chelating tridentate ligand. ►Compounds manifest bright blue photoluminescence.