La2C15H11O16 crystallizes in the monoclinic C2/c space group. There are two inequivalent La sites. In the first La site, La(1) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to one O(10), one O(13), one O(14), one O(15), one O(2), one O(3), one O(5), one O(6), one O(7), and one O(9) atom. The La(1)-O(10) bond length is 2.71 Å. The La(1)-O(13) bond length is 2.58 Å. The La(1)-O(14) bond length is 2.73 Å. The La(1)-O(15) bond length is 2.73 Å. The La(1)-O(2) bond length is 2.42 Å. The La(1)-O(3) bond length is 2.65 Å. The La(1)-O(5) bond length is 2.57 Å. The La(1)-O(6) bond length is 2.52 Å. The La(1)-O(7) bond length is 2.51 Å. The La(1)-O(9) bond length is 2.59 Å. In the second La site, La(2) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to one O(1), one O(10), one O(11), one O(14), one O(16), one O(3), one O(5), one O(6), one O(7), and one O(8) atom. The La(2)-O(1) bond length is 2.44 Å. The La(2)-O(10) bond length is 2.63 Å. The La(2)-O(11) bond length is 2.46 Å. The La(2)-O(14) bond length is 2.73 Å. The La(2)-O(16) bond length is 2.62 Å. The La(2)-O(3) bond length is 2.54 Å. The La(2)-O(5) bond length is 2.65 Å. The La(2)-O(6) bond length is 2.89 Å. The La(2)-O(7) bond length is 2.69 Å. The La(2)-O(8) bond length is 2.53 Å. There are fifteen inequivalent C sites. In the first C site, C(7) is bonded in a distorted bent 120 degrees geometry to one C(1), one O(1), and one O(2) atom. The C(7)-C(1) bond length is 1.50 Å. The C(7)-O(1) bond length is 1.27 Å. The C(7)-O(2) bond length is 1.27 Å. In the second C site, C(8) is bonded in a distorted bent 120 degrees geometry to one C(6), one O(3), and one O(4) atom. The C(8)-C(6) bond length is 1.51 Å. The C(8)-O(3) bond length is 1.29 Å. The C(8)-O(4) bond length is 1.26 Å. In the third C site, C(9) is bonded in a distorted bent 120 degrees geometry to one C(5), one O(5), and one O(6) atom. The C(9)-C(5) bond length is 1.50 Å. The C(9)-O(5) bond length is 1.28 Å. The C(9)-O(6) bond length is 1.27 Å. In the fourth C site, C(10) is bonded in a bent 120 degrees geometry to one C(4), one O(7), and one O(8) atom. The C(10)-C(4) bond length is 1.49 Å. The C(10)-O(7) bond length is 1.29 Å. The C(10)-O(8) bond length is 1.27 Å. In the fifth C site, C(11) is bonded in a distorted single-bond geometry to one C(12) and one H(11) atom. The C(11)-C(12) bond length is 1.40 Å. The C(11)-H(11) bond length is 1.09 Å. In the sixth C site, C(12) is bonded in a trigonal planar geometry to one C(11), one C(13), and one C(14) atom. The C(12)-C(13) bond length is 1.41 Å. The C(12)-C(14) bond length is 1.49 Å. In the seventh C site, C(13) is bonded in a trigonal planar geometry to one C(12), one C(13), and one C(15) atom. The C(13)-C(13) bond length is 1.40 Å. The C(13)-C(15) bond length is 1.52 Å. In the eighth C site, C(14) is bonded in a distorted bent 120 degrees geometry to one C(12), one O(10), and one O(9) atom. The C(14)-O(10) bond length is 1.29 Å. The C(14)-O(9) bond length is 1.27 Å. In the ninth C site, C(15) is bonded in a distorted bent 120 degrees geometry to one C(13), one O(11), and one O(12) atom. The C(15)-O(11) bond length is 1.27 Å. The C(15)-O(12) bond length is 1.27 Å. In the tenth C site, C(1) is bonded in a trigonal planar geometry to one C(2), one C(6), and one C(7) atom. The C(1)-C(2) bond length is 1.40 Å. The C(1)-C(6) bond length is 1.41 Å. In the eleventh C site, C(2) is bonded in a distorted single-bond geometry to one C(1) and one H(9) atom. The C(2)-H(9) bond length is 1.09 Å. In the twelfth C site, C(3) is bonded in a distorted single-bond geometry to one C(4) and one H(10) atom. The C(3)-C(4) bond length is 1.40 Å. The C(3)-H(10) bond length is 1.09 Å. In the thirteenth C site, C(4) is bonded in a trigonal planar geometry to one C(10), one C(3), and one C(5) atom. The C(4)-C(5) bond length is 1.41 Å. In the fourteenth C site, C(5) is bonded in a trigonal planar geometry to one C(4), one C(6), and one C(9) atom. The C(5)-C(6) bond length is 1.41 Å. In the fifteenth C site, C(6) is bonded in a trigonal planar geometry to one C(1), one C(5), and one C(8) atom. There are eleven inequivalent H sites. In the first H site, H(1) is bonded in a distorted single-bond geometry to one O(12) and one O(13) atom. The H(1)-O(12) bond length is 1.64 Å. The H(1)-O(13) bond length is 1.01 Å. In the second H site, H(2) is bonded in a single-bond geometry to one O(13) atom. The H(2)-O(13) bond length is 0.97 Å. In the third H site, H(3) is bonded in a single-bond geometry to one O(14) atom. The H(3)-O(14) bond length is 0.98 Å. In the fourth H site, H(4) is bonded in a single-bond geometry to one O(14) atom. The H(4)-O(14) bond length is 0.99 Å. In the fifth H site, H(5) is bonded in a single-bond geometry to one O(15) atom. The H(5)-O(15) bond length is 0.98 Å. In the sixth H site, H(6) is bonded in a single-bond geometry to one O(15) atom. The H(6)-O(15) bond length is 0.99 Å. In the seventh H site, H(7) is bonded in a single-bond geometry to one O(16) atom. The H(7)-O(16) bond length is 0.97 Å. In the eighth H site, H(8) is bonded in a single-bond geometry to one O(16) atom. The H(8)-O(16) bond length is 0.99 Å. In the ninth H site, H(9) is bonded in a single-bond geometry to one C(2) atom. In the tenth H site, H(10) is bonded in a single-bond geometry to one C(3) atom. In the eleventh H site, H(11) is bonded in a single-bond geometry to one C(11) atom. There are sixteen inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(9) is bonded in a distorted single-bond geometry to one La(1) and one C(14) atom. In the second O site, O(10) is bonded in a distorted single-bond geometry to one La(1), one La(2), and one C(14) atom. In the third O site, O(11) is bonded in a distorted bent 120 degrees geometry to one La(2) and one C(15) atom. In the fourth O site, O(12) is bonded in a distorted bent 120 degrees geometry to one C(15) and one H(1) atom. In the fifth O site, O(13) is bonded in a water-like geometry to one La(1), one H(1), and one H(2) atom. In the sixth O site, O(14) is bonded in a water-like geometry to one La(1), one La(2), one H(3), and one H(4) atom. In the seventh O site, O(15) is bonded in a water-like geometry to one La(1), one H(5), and one H(6) atom. In the eighth O site, O(16) is bonded in a distorted water-like geometry to one La(2), one H(7), and one H(8) atom. In the ninth O site, O(1) is bonded in a distorted bent 150 degrees geometry to one La(2) and one C(7) atom. In the tenth O site, O(7) is bonded in a distorted single-bond geometry to one La(1), one La(2), and one C(10) atom. In the eleventh O site, O(2) is bonded in a distorted linear geometry to one La(1) and one C(7) atom. In the twelfth O site, O(3) is bonded in a distorted single-bond geometry to one La(1), one La(2), and one C(8) atom. In the thirteenth O site, O(4) is bonded in a single-bond geometry to one C(8) atom. In the fourteenth O site, O(5) is bonded in a distorted single-bond geometry to one La(1), one La(2), and one C(9) atom. In the fifteenth O site, O(6) is bonded in a distorted single-bond geometry to one La(1), one La(2), and one C(9) atom. In the sixteenth O site, O(8) is bonded in a distorted single-bond geometry to one La(2) and one C(10) atom. Linkers: 6 [O]C(=O)c1ccc(C([O])=O)c(C([O])=O)c1C([O])=O. Metal clusters: 8 [La]. The MOF has largest included sphere 3.77 A, density 2.28 g/cm3, surface area 2334.73 m2/g, accessible volume 0.07 cm3/g