Cluster- and chain-based magnetic MOFs derived from 3d metal ions and 1,3,5-benzenetricarboxylate

Three H₃BTC-supported 3D MOFs with triangular M₃ (M = Co, Ni) clusters and rod-shaped sinusoidal-like Mn-chains as building units have been successfully obtained under solvothermal conditions, and complexes 1–3 exhibit antiferromagnetic behaviours.