Luminescent and porous zinc complex with 2D → 3D parallel polycatenation based on a new rigid V-shaped pyridyl ligand

A 2D → 3D porous zinc coordination polymer, exhibiting interesting solid-state photoluminescence and high thermal stability, was synthesized based on 2,8-di(pyridin-4-yl)dibenzo[b,d]thiophene (DPDBT) ligand.