A novel chiral polyoxometalate（POM）, {[Na（Arg）2]NaH}[AIMo6（OH）6O18].6H2O（1,Arg=L-arginine）has been synthesized by the reaction between Na3[A1Mo6（OH）6O18].8H2O and Arg in aqueous solution and was structu- rally characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction, elemental analyses and UV-Vis spectrometry. Compound 1 was an example of Arg based Anderson-type complex. Photocatalytic analysis indicates that compound 1 presents cata- lytic activity for photodegradation of rhodamine-B（RhB） under UV irradiation.
One interesting coordination polymer, [Zn2（1,2,4-BTC）（OH）（H2O）2]2·2H2O 1, has been synthesized from 1,2,4-BTC （1,2,4-BTC = 1,2,4-bentricarboxylate） under hydrothermal conditions and characterized by elemental analyses, IR, TG and single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Complex I crystallizes in triclinic, space group P^-1, with a = 6.5200（13）, b = 9,0600（18）, c = 10.968（2） A^°, α = 111.55（3）, β = 92.07（3）,γ= 95.03（3）°, C9H10O10Zn2, Mr = 408.91, V= 598.7（2） A^°^3, Dc = 2.268 g/cm^3, F（000） = 408 and Z = 2. X-ray diffraction analysis reveals that complex 1 is a three-dimensional network built from tetranuclear Zn（Ⅱ） building unit. In this complex, the Zn4 unit is an eight-connected knot, while 1,2,4-BTC a four-connected knot. This results in a CaF2 topology. To the best of our knowledge, such Zn4 unit is the first 8-connected building block built from asymmetry ligand.
