Abstract Guest-dependent flexible coordination networks are formed from 1, 4-bis (4- pyridylmethyl) tetrafluorobenzene (bpf), 4, 4′-bis (4-pyridylmethyl) octafluorobiphenyl (bpfb), 2, 6-bis (4-pyridylmethyl) hexafluoronaphthalene (2, 6-bpfn), and 2, 7-bis (4- pyridylmethyl) hexafluoronaphthalene (2, 7-bpfn) with Cd (NO 3) 2 in the presence of various organic compounds. The reaction of bpf affords one-dimensional cyclic chains, ...