Eight 2D and 3D metal-organic framework (MOF) rare earth naphthalenedisulfonates have been obtained. Thedifferent geometry of the naphthalenedisulfonic acids used as connectors [(1,5-NDS) and (2,6-NDS)] gives rise tothe three new structure types. In Ln(OH)(1,5-NDS)H
2O, LnPF-1 (lanthanide polymeric framework; Ln = La, Nd, Pr,Sm and Eu), the lanthanide ion is octacoordinated. Its 3D structure is formed by (Ln
2O
14)-S-(Ln
2O
14) infinitechains, connected through complete NDS connectors. LnPF-2 (Ln = Nd), with the same empirical formula as theformer, and the lanthanide in octa- and nonacoordination, owns an arrangement of sulfonate bridges and neodymiumpolyhedra that gives rise to a 2D structure. [Ln
5(2,6-NDS)
3(OH)
9(H
2O)
4](H
2O)
2, LnPF-3 (Ln = Nd, Eu), demonstratesthat it is possible to obtain a 3D structure with (2,6-NDS), when a greater Ln/connector ratio is employed. It isworth pointing out the existence, in this latter family of compounds, of a
5-OH group, whose hydrogen atom isvery close to one-sixth Ln atom (distance Ln···H = 2.09 Å). The materials, with high thermal stability, act as activeand selective bifunctional heterogeneous catalysts in oxidation of linalool yielding cyclic hydroxy ethers. The absenceof any 3D Nd-Nd magnetic interaction is explained due to the inner nature of 4f orbitals of Nd
3+, which do notfavor the magnetic exchange. The influence of the polymeric frame matrix results in a better photoluminescenceefficiency for NdPF-1.