An Fe-based MOF constructed from paddle-wheel and rod-shaped SBUs involved in situgenerated acetateElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available. CCDC reference number 821285. For ESI and crystallographic data in CIF or other electronic format see DOI: 10.1039/c1ce05470h

An Fe-based MOF has been constructed from a paddle-wheel-like dimeric Fe-cluster and a rod-shaped sinusoidal-like Fe-chain as two distinct secondary building units. Topological analyses indicate that this compound is a tetranodal (3,3,4,8)-connected net, which represents a new structural topology in MOFs. Moreover, the magnetic properties of 1have been thoroughly investigated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]