Imidazoledicarboxylate and its 2-position substituted derivatives as a kind of organic ligands with multiple coordination sites, strong coordination abilities and outstanding features of various coordination fashions have been extensively studied and applied in coordination chemistry. Up to now, hundreds of coordination complexes based on imidazoledicarboxylate and its 2-position substituted derivatives with novel topology structures as well as potential applications in numerous areas, have been reported by domestic and foreign researchers. The coordination modes are summarized in the review. The coordinate features, the types of imidazoledicarboxylate derivatives as well as the related coordination polymers, which are classified into two groups according to the different imidazoledicarboxylate 2-position substituted derivatives with alkyl and bulky aromatic groups. Moreover, the synthesis, crystal structures, potential applications such as fluorescence, gas adsorption, magnetic, catalytic and dielectric properties of corresponding polymers are also simply described. Finally, the research prospects of coordination polymers based on imidazoledicarboxylate derivatives are proposed.

Contents
1 Introduction
2 The features of imidazoledicarboxylate coordination
3 The research progress of complexes based on imidazoledicarboxylate
4 The research progress of complexes based on imidazoledicarboxylate derivatives
4.1 Imidazoledicarboxylate derivatives with alkyl groups
4.2 Imidazoledicarboxylate derivatives with aromatic groups
5 Properties
5.1 Fluorescence
5.2 Gas adsorption
5.3 Magnetism
5.4 Catalysis
5.5 Dielectric
6 Outlook