Three new metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are formed from the reaction of zinc with 5-hydroxyisophthalic acid (H 3 -5-hip) with a range of additives in dimethylformamide (DMF). The additives include water, pyridine, and [Me n NH 4−n ]Cl (n = 0−4) and, through hydrogen bonding, have a marked effect on the formation and phase of any resultant MOF, often in a narrow range of sub-stoichiometric concentrations. The three MOFs, [Me 2 NH 2 ][Zn 2 (5-hip)(H-5-hip)(H 2 O)].3.25DMF (1), α-[Me 2 NH 2 ] 2 [Zn 2 (5-hip) 2 ]·2DMF (2) and [Me 2 NH 2 ][Me 4 N] 2 [Zn 4 (5-hip) 2 (H-5-hip 2.5 )]·3DMF (3) have solvent-accessible pores and the flexibility of the MOFs allows relaxation from a porous state to minimise the void space on desolvation. Topological analysis of the frameworks reveals two previously unrecorded MOF topologies. Compounds 2 and 3 are fluorescent while this property is absent in compound 1. We also present a revised structure for the closely-related β-[Me 2 NH 2 ] 2 [Zn 2 (5-hip) 2 ]·2DMF (4).