The title complex [Sr3（pda）2（Hpda）2（H2O）2]n·2nH2O（H2pda = pyridine-2,6-dicar- boxylic acid） has been prepared under solvothermal conditions. It has been characterized by X-ray single-crystal diffraction, IR and elemental analysis. The crystal belongs to the monoclinic system, space group P21/c with a = 10.3795（8）, b = 9.2225（7）, c = 18.5726（14） , β = 104.377（2）o, V = 1722.2（2） 3, C28H22N4O20Sr3, Mr = 997.36, Z = 2, Dc = 1.923 g/cm3, μ = 4.722 mm-1, F（000） = 984, the final R = 0.0269 and wR = 0.0538. This complex possesses a 3-D structure which is constructed from 1-D chain motifs linked by carboxylate groups. The luminescent property of the title complex has been investigated.
The employment of N-hydroxy-pyridine-2-carboxamidine in the coordination chemistry of zinc（II）, nickel（II） and manganese（II） under solvothermal conditions is reported. Four complexes of compositions, [Zn2（O2CMe）3{（py）C（NH2）NOH}4]（OH） （1）, [Zn4（OH）2{（py）C（NH2）- NO}4CI2]＇3MeCN （2）, [Ni（SO4）（H20）{（py）C（NH2）NOH}2]＇H2O （3） and [Mn（SO4）{（py）C（NH2）- NOH}2]n （4）, have been synthesized by rationally choosing different metal salts and dexterously employing acetate and sulfate ions as the bridging groups. Luminescent properties for 2 suggested strong emission in the solid state at room temperature. Variable temperature （2.0-300 K） magnetic studies for the linear chain complex 4 indicate weak antiferromagnetic Mn（Ⅱ）...Mn（Ⅱ） exchange interactions.
Five novel SrⅡ-LnⅢ heterometallic coordination polymers based on pyridine-2,6- dicarboxylic acid （H2pda） and imidazole （im）, namely, [LnSr（pda）3（H2O）5]-Him·C2H5OH·3H2O （Ln = Nd （1）; Pr （2））, [Ln2Sr（pda）6（H2O）5]-4Him·C2H5OH·5H2O （Ln = Nd （3）; Pr （4））, and [ErSr（pda）3（H2O）4].Him-3.5H2O （5）, have been prepared and structurally characterized. X-ray crystallographic analyses revealed that these complexes display three varieties of l-D chain structures. Several types of hydrogen bonding interactions are found for 1-5, which connect the 1 -D chain structures to form 2-D suoramolecular networks.
Eight new ZnⅡ-yⅢ and ZnⅡ-LnⅢ heterometallic Schiff base complexes： MZnL2（NO3）3 （M = Y （1）, La （2）, Pr （3）, Nd （4）, Eu （5）, Gd （6）, Dy （7）, Er （8）; L = 2-（（（2- （imidazo[1,5-a]pyridin-3-yl）phenyl）imino）methyl）-6-methoxyphenol）, have been rationally synthesized under solvothermal conditions and characterized by IR, elemental analyses （EA）, single-crystal X-ray diffraction, and powder XRD. Furthermore, luminescence in the visible region for solids 1-8 suggested zine/ligand-centered emission at room temperature.
