Effect of the structural disorder of T-shaped triazolyl-based coordination network compounds on the pore size and stability

The coordination network compounds (CNCs) {[M(L_triaz)](DMF)}_n (M is Zn or Co, H₂L_triaz is 5-(4H-1,2,4- triazol-4-yl)benzene-1,3-dicarboxylic acid, and DMF is N,N-dimethylformamide) with crystallographically identifiable disorder were solvothermally synthesized. The effects of structural disorder on the pore size and stability of T-shaped triazolyl-based CNCs were determined for the first time. In contrast to isostructurally ordered ones, the pore sizes of Zn-CNC and Co-CNC changed, and the stability of Zn-CNC was improved.