A stable metal azolate framework with rare nonintersecting one-/two-dimensional pore channels

It is challenging to design and synthesize stable crystalline structures with heterogeneous pores. Herein, we design and synthesize a new azole ligand with rich aromatic moieties and trifluoromethyl groups, and construct a new stable metal azolate framework, which possesses a special three-dimensional (3D) framework with rare nonintersecting 1D/2D pore channels. Using a new azole ligand, a special porous metal azolate framework with two distinct and nonintersecting 1D/2D pore channels was constructed.