A supermolecular compound ［Zn(H2O)6］·(C16H8O8)(1) was synthesized with 3,3′,4,4′- bipthenyltetracarboxylic acid (H4BPTC) and Zn(CH3COO)2·2H2O. Its structure was determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction, IR and element analysis. The crystal belongs to triclinic system with space group and the cell parameters are: a=0.654 84(13) nm, b=0.793 88(16) nm, c=0.968 12(19) nm, α=76.29(3)°, β=87.75(3)°, γ=86.43(3)°, Z=1, R1=0.066 5, wR2=0.183 3, and GOF=1.021. We have studied the luminescence property of compound 1, The compound 1 has blue-purple luminescence in solutions of DMSO and green luminescence in the solid state at room temperature. In the solid state, the emission frequencies for complex 1 are red-shifted comparedwith their emission maximum peaks in solutions of DMSO. This red-shift of emission energy from solution to solid is likely to be caused by the intermolecular interaction in the solid state that effectively decreases the energy gap.