“…In this context, the N-heterocyclic dicarboxylate ligands have been widely used to construct MOFs owing to various coordination modes, such as monodentate, bidentate chelating, monodentate and bidentate bridging [14][15][16][17]. Imidazole-4,5-dicarboxylic acid (H 3 IDC) having the above mentioned advantages has been explored to assemble MOFs [18][19][20][21][22][23], possessing six potential oxygen and nitrogen donors. Different substituents have also been introduced into the 2-position of H 3 IDC, such as ethyl, propyl, phenyl, hydroxymethyl, or pyridyl groups [24][25][26][27][28].…”