Hydrothermal reactions of 1,3-benzenedicarboxylic acid (H₂bdc) and 1,4-di(imidazolidin-1-yl)benzene (1,4-dimb) with different copper salts (cupric nitrate and cupric sulfate) produce two complexes, {[Cu(bdc)(1,4-dimb)]·(DMA)}_n (1) and {[Cu₄(bdc)₃(1,4-dimb)₄](O₂)(H₂O)₈(OH)₂}_n (2) (DMA = dimethylacetamide), and their structures and properties are explored by single crystal X-ray crystallography, elemental analysis, IR spectroscopy, powder X-ray diffraction, thermal gravimetric analysis and fluorescence spectroscopy. Both 1 and 2 are two-dimensional layered structures crystallized from the monoclinic systems, P2₁/m space group. Fluorescence studies show that both complexes exhibit strong fluorescent emissions and can be used to identify the nitrobenzene derivatives. In particular, the quenching rate of 2 by 2, 4, 6-trinitrotoluene is close to 100% and the quenching constant is as high as 3.40 × 10⁴ M⁻¹.

1,3-苯二甲酸（H ₂ bdc）和1,4-二（咪唑啉-1-基）苯（1,4-dimb）与不同的铜盐（硝酸铜和硫酸铜）发生水热反应，生成两种络合物， {[Cu（bdc）（1,4-dimb）]·（DMA）} _n（1）和{[Cu ₄（bdc）₃（1,4-dimb）₄ ]（O ₂）（H ₂ O）₈（OH）₂ } _n（2）（DMA =二甲基乙酰胺），并通过单晶X射线晶体学，元素分析，IR光谱，粉末X射线衍射，热重分析和荧光光谱研究了它们的结构和性质。都图1和图2是从单斜晶系P 2 ₁ / m空间群结晶的二维分层结构。荧光研究表明，两种配合物均具有较强的荧光发射能力，可用于鉴定硝基苯衍生物。特别地，2 ×2、4、6-三硝基甲苯的猝灭率接近100％，猝灭常数高达3.40×10 ⁴  M ^-1。