“…The common method is to assemble metal ions into the anticipated structures using well-designed organic ligands with a special geometry and size and multiple coordination groups which contribute a significant role in the construction of high-nuclear heterometallic clusters. 8–10 In the past decades, some well-designed hydroxyl- or carboxylato-containing ligands were employed to build high-nuclear 4f and 3d–4f clusters, such as Gd 104 , 11 Ln 60 , 12 Dy 72 , 13 La 20 Ni 30 , 14 Gd 40 Ni 44 , 15 Ni 36 Gd 102 , 16 Cu 24 Ln 6 , 17 Cu 9 Dy 2 , 18 Gd 30 Co 12 , 19 Cu 36 Ln 24 , 20 Mn 8 Ln 8 , 21 Ln 24 Zn 4 , 22 Fe 10 Ln 10 , 23 and Fe 16 Ln 4. 24 Most of them are homometallic lanthanide clusters, and heterometallic Ln–M clusters (M = Co, Ni, Mn).…”