“…However, as a widely used multidentate ligand, ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid shows limited coordination modes with lanthanides, such as a mononuclear or oligomer species Ln(edta)ÁnH 2 O or MLn(edta)ÁnH 2 O (M = Na, K, Ln = La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Er) [22][23][24][25], Na 2 K 2 [Ce 2 (O 2 ) 2 (edta) 2 ]Á13H 2 O [26], Na 10 [La 4 (l 3 -OH) 4 (edta) 4 ]Á 2ClO 4 Á27H 2 O [27]. Most of the insoluble coordination polymers are formed in hydrothermal condition with general formula {[Ln(Hedta)(H 2 O)] 2 } n (Ln = La, Nd, Sm, Er) [28][29][30][31], and one [Ce 3 (Hedta) 2 (H 2 O) 9 ] n [Cr(OH) 6 Mo 6 O 18 ] n ÁnH 2 O was reported [32]. Here, a novel 2-D water-soluble MOF of lanthanum ethylenediaminetetraacetate [La 5 Cl 2 (edta) 3 3 ] n (3) by the addition of nitrate or sulfate.…”