Citation: Fan, Jian; Sui, Bin; Okamura, Taka-aki; Sun, Wei-Yin; Tang, Wen-Xia; Ueyama, Norikazu (2002). Synthesis, structures and properties of two-dimensional honeycomb and stepwise networks from self-assembly of tripodal ligand 1,3,5-tris(imidazol-1-ylmethyl)-2,4,6-trimethylbenzene with metal saltsElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available: hydrogen bond network indicated by dashed lines in 2 (Fig. S1), coordination environment of Cd2B (minor component) (Fig. S2), FT-IR spectra of anion exchange (Fig. S3) and excitation and emission spectra of 2 (Fig. S4). See http://www.rsc.org/suppdata/dt/b2/b202138b/. Journal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions, , pp. 3868-.