A new luminescent Zn(II) compound, [Zn(pbdc)0.5(mtz)(DMPU)]n(1, H2pbdc = terephthalic acid, Hmtz = 5-methyl-1H-tetrazole, DMPU = N,N'-dimethylpropyleneurea), has been urothermally synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis, IR, X-ray powder diffraction(PXRD) and single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The title compound crystallizes in orthorhombic Pbca space group with a = 17.2649(5), b = 10.4680(3), c = 17.4457(7) ?, V = 3152.94(18) ?3, C12H17N6O3Zn, Mr = 358.71, Z = 8, Dc = 1.511 g/cm3, F(000) = 1480, μ = 1.579 mm-1, the final R = 0.0379 and wR = 0.0971 for 2785 observed reflections(I > 2?(I)). Single-crystal X-ray structural analysis reveals that compound 1 features a 2D undulated layer with a 3-connected hcb topology. Moreover, the luminescent properties of 1 have also been investigated in the solid-state at room temperature.