Engineering a Series of Isoreticular Pillared Layer Ultramicroporous MOFs for Gas and Vapor Uptake

The accurate design and systematic engineering of MOFs is a large challenge due to the randomness of the synthesis process. Isoreticular chemistry provides a powerful approach for the regulation of pore environment in a more predictable and precise way to systematically control gas/vapor adsorption performances. Herein, utilizing an effective strategy of altering the “pillared” motifs of pillared layer structures, three isoreticular ultramicroporous MOFs were successfully constructed. Combined with the reported parent MOFs and two other recorded isoreticular MOFs modified with −NH2 and −CH3, gas and vapor uptake performances of this family of isoreticular pillared layer MOFs were systematically explored.