Three metal-organic frameworks, [Eu(C 10 H 6 N 3 O 5 ) 3 (H 2 O) 2 ] Á H 2 O (1), [Tb(C 10 H 6 N 3 O 5 ) 3 (H 2 O) 2 ] Á H 2 O (2), and [Cd(C 10 H 6 N 3 O 5 ) 2 Cl 2 ](3) based on T-shaped tripodal ligands 3-(4,5-dicarboxy-1H-imidazol-2-yl)pyridine-1-oxide and 4-(4,5-dicarboxy-1H-imidazol-2-yl)pyridine-1-oxide (H 3 DCImPyO), have been synthesized by the hydrothermal method and characterized by elemental analysis, IR, and single-crystal X-ray structure analysis. The diverse coordination modes of H 3 DCImPyO ligands have afforded the three compounds. Complexes 1 and 2 are isomers and the Ln (Ln ¼ Eu or Tb) atoms have coordination number eight with a distorted square prism geometry. The partly deprotonated H 2 DCImPyO À ligands display three different coordination modes to link Ln (Ln ¼ Tb or Eu) into 1-D double chains. In 3, Cd(II) lies on an inversion center and displays a slightly distorted octahedral coordination. All three compounds exhibit strong fluorescent emissions in the solid state at room temperature.