A novel pillared-layer-type porous coordination polymer featuring three-dimensional pore system and high methane storage capacity

Solvothermal reaction of Zn（NO3）2, 4-（1H-pyrazol-4-yl）pyridine （Hpypz） and 1,3,5-benzenetricarboxylic acid （H3btc） in N,N-dimethylacetamide （DMA） produced a new porous coordination polymer [Zns（pypz）4（btc）2] （1）. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction study of 1 showed that deprotonated pypz^- ligands served as 1,2,4-triazolate-like ligands, linking Zn（II） ^＋ ions to form porous two-dimensional （2-D） sql-a layers {Zn（pypz）} , which were further connected by eight-legged pillars {Zn2（btc）4（H2O）2}8- based on the typical paddlewheel dinuclear Zn2（RCOO）4（H20）2 cluster to form a novel type of non-interpenetrated pillared-layer framework with 3-D intersecting pore system and large pore volume. Gas sorption measurements revealed that 1 possesses large BET surface area of 2061 m^2g^-1 and very high methane total uptake of 245 cm^3（STP） cm^-3 at 298 K and 65 bar.