Three novel metal-organic complexes, formulated as [Cu₂(2-HBA)₂(bimb)₄] (1), {[Cd(CEDA)(bimb)]·H₂O}_n (2), and {[Ag₂(bimb)₂]·(1,4-CDA)·13H₂O} (3) (bimb = 1,2-bis((1H-imidazol-1-yl)methyl)benzene; 2-HBA = 2-hydroxybenzoic acid; CEDA = cyclohex-4-ene-1,2-dicarboxylic acid; 1,4-CDA = cyclohexane-1,4-dicarboxylic acid), were synthesized by self-assembly of mixed ligands with Cu(II), Cd(II), and Ag(I) under hydrothermal conditions and characterized by means of single-crystal X-ray diffraction, X-ray powder diffraction, infrared spectra, thermogravimetric analysis, fluorescence spectra and UV–vis absorption spectra. 1 is shown as a 0D structure, which is formed by Cu²⁺, 2-HBA ligands and bimb ligands. 2 displays a 1D ladder structure, which is built by Cd²⁺, CEDA ligands and bimb ligands, and it is assembled into 2D structure by hydrogen bonding. 3 possesses a 0D [Ag(bimb)]₂ dimer which is assembled into 3D structure by the Ag-O weak interaction and hydrogen bonding. Interestingly, a rare 13-core water cluster participates in forming the network of 3. The UV–vis spectrum and luminescence properties were also studied and discussed.

三种新颖的金属有机配合物，配制成[Cu ₂（2-HBA）₂（bimb）₄ ]（1），{[Cd（CEDA）（bimb）]·H ₂ O} _n（2）和{[ Ag ₂（bimb）₂ ]·（1,4-CDA）·13H ₂ O}（3）（bimb = 1,2-bis（（1 H-咪唑-1-基）甲基）苯; 2-HBA = 2-羟基苯甲酸; CEDA =环己-4-烯-1,2-二羧酸; 1,4-CDA =环己烷-1,4-二羧酸），是在水热条件下通过自组装混合配体与Cu（II），Cd（II）和Ag（I）合成的，并通过单反应进行表征-晶体X射线衍射，X射线粉末衍射，红外光谱，热重分析，荧光光谱和UV-vis吸收光谱。图1显示为0D结构，由Cu 2 ⁺，2-HBA配体和bimb配体形成。图2显示了由Cd 2 ⁺，CEDA配体和bimb配体构建的一维梯形结构，并通过氢键组装成二维结构。3拥有0D [Ag（bimb）]_2-二聚体通过Ag -O弱相互作用和氢键组装成3D结构。有趣的是，稀有的13核心水团参与形成3的网络。紫外可见光谱和发光特性也得到了研究和讨论。