A new 3-D porous Gd-Cu heterometallic polymer [Gd2Cu3(bpy)2(ip)6]·6H2O (1) (bpy = 2,2'-bipyridine, H2ip = isophthalic acid) has been hydrothermally synthesized and structurally characterized. Compound 1 crystallizes in the triclinic space group P1and displays a 3-D non-interpenetrated α-Po network with 1-D channels filled transversely by the hexa-nuclear chain-like (H2O)6. The EPR and thermal stability of 1 were investigated.
