DABCO-functionalized metal-organic framework bearing a C2h-symmetric terphenyl dicarboxylate linker.

A Zn-MOF assembled from a new C2h-symmetric terphenyl dicarboxylate and DABCO was prepared and characterized by X-ray crystallography and gas sorption analysis: a preferential sorption of CO2 over N2 and H2 was observed with an exceptionally high CO2 adsorption enthalpy.