The hydrothermal reaction between Cd(NO(3))(2), trimesic acid (H(3)BTC), 1,2-bis(4-pyridyl)ethane (BPE), and triethylamine under mild conditions yielded, after 3 days, a novel three-dimensional metal-organic framework, [Cd(1.5)(BTC)(BPE)(H(2)O)(2)].(H(2)O), which has been characterized structurally using single-crystal and powder X-ray diffraction, elemental analysis, infrared and Raman spectroscopies, thermogravimetry, and differential scanning calorimetry. The structure exhibits a 2-fold interpenetration of identical [Cd(1.5)(BTC)(BPE)(H(2)O)(2)] single frameworks, described as an unusual (9) net. Crystal data: Cd(1.5)C(21)H(21)N(2)O(9), monoclinic, space group C2/c, with a = 10.8264(5) A, b = 17.4563(5) A, c = 24.2605(11) A, beta = 91.978(2) degrees, V = 4582.2(3) A(3), and Z = 8.