The spherical Lindquist type polyoxometalate, Mo
6O
192-, has been used as a noncoordinating anionic template forthe construction of novel three-dimensional lanthanide-aromatic monocarboxylate dimer supramolecular networks[Ln
2(DNBA)
4(DMF)
8][Mo
6O
19] (Ln = La
1, Ce
2, and Eu
3, DNBA = 3,5-dinitrobenzoate, DMF = dimethylformamide).The title compounds are characterized by elemental analyses, IR, and single-crystal X-ray diffractions. X-ray diffractionexperiments reveal that two Ln(III) ions are bridged by four 3,5-dinitrobenzoate anions as asymmetrically bridgingligands, leading to dimeric cores, [Ln
2(DNBA)
4(DMF)
8]
2+; [Ln
2(DNBA)
4(DMF)
8]
2+ groups are joined together by
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stacking interactions between the aromatic groups to form a two-dimensional grid-like network; the 2-D supramolecularlayers are further extended into 3-D supramolecular networks with 1-D box-like channels by hydrogen-bondinginteractions, in which hexamolybdate polyanions reside. The compounds represent the first examples of 3-Dcarboxylate-bridged lanthanide dimer supramolecular "host" networks formed by
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stacking and hydrogen-bonding interactions encapsulating noncoordinating "guest" polyoxoanion species. The fluorescent activity of compound
3 is reported.