METAL-ORGANIC FRAMEWORK HAVING TEREPHTHALIC ACID BASED LIGAND

Despite the fact that the amount and type of gas to be stored may vary in accordance with the type of substituent, metal-organic frameworks only using a terephthalic acid having substituents within the limited range have been produced conventionally. An object of the present invention is to provide a novel metal-organic framework using a 2,5-disubstituted terephthalic acid. A metal-organic framework comprising a carboxylate ion of formula (I) and a multivalent metal ion bound to each other is a novel metal-organic framework, enabling a gas such as hydrogen and nitrogen to be store efficiently. (wherein in formula (I), X is an unsubstituted or substituted cycloalkyl group, an unsubstituted or substituted aryl group, an unsubstituted or substituted heterocyclyl group or -Si(R1) (R2) (R3) ; and Y is a single bond, an alkylene group, -O-, -S-, -S(O)-, -SO2-, -N(R4)- or a group formed by a combination thereof; provided that X-Y- is a phenyl group, a benzyloxy group, a pyrazol-1-yl group or a group of formula (II) except for a case where m is 3, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12).