Deprotonation of 4,4'-biphenyldicarboxylic acid (H2BPDC) with triethylamine followed by the copolymerization with Y(III) in N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF) at room temperature yields a new three-dimensional (3-D) porous metal-organic coordination network, [Y-2(BPDC)(3)(DMF)(2)(H2O)(2)](n)center dot (DMF)(n)center dot (H2O)(n) (1). Compound 1 (C24.50H19N1.50O9Y) crystallizes in the triclinic P-1 space group (a = 8.220 (2), b = 13.998 (4), c = 14.212 (4) angstrom, alpha = 111.058 (5)degrees, beta = 90.187 (5)degrees, gamma = 94.318 (5)degrees, V = 1520.9 (7) angstrom(3), and Z = 2). X-ray crystallography reveals that 1 consists of a 3-D framework contained open 1-D channels with the dimension of 5 x 10 angstrom along the crystallographic a axis. The adsorption measurements show that compound 1 can adsorb N-2, Ar and CO2 into its pores. The adsorption isotherms for MeOH and H2O were also measured. (C) 2006 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.