Abstract:The hydrothermal reaction of 4,4 1 -bis(1,2,4-triazol-4-yl) (btr) and benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxylic acid (H 3 btc) with Cd(OAc) 2¨2 H 2 O at 125˝C in situ forms 4-amino-1,2,4-triazole (atr) from btr, which crystallizes to a mixed-ligand, poly-anionic chain of [Cd 2 (atr) 2 (µ 2 -btc) 2