A. I. Prikhod'ko, L. V. Tsymbal, P. S. Yaremov, V. G. Il'in, and Ya. D. LampekaWe have established that the crystal hydrate of the tris(macrocyclic) complex of copper with carboxylate, with a porous structure, undergoes stepwise dehydration leading to a change in its crystal lattice structure; but even total dehydration does not lead to loss of porosity in the latter. We have studied the sorption characteristics of the dehydrated sample with respect to water, methanol, and hexane.Porous crystalline materials based on metal ions linked by organic ligands ("metal-organic frameworks," MOFs) have attracted considerable attention in recent years [1]. These materials are interesting both from the standpoint of basic research and because of their specific magnetic, optical, sorption, catalytic, and other properties [2], which makes them promising systems for practical application. Publications in recent years also suggest the possibility of using MOFs for sorption and storage of gases [3,4], including molecular hydrogen [4][5][6].A special case of MOFs is crystal hydrates constructed on the basis of azamacrocyclic complexes of copper(II) and nickel(II) and aromatic carboxylates. They form a wide range of anisotropic lattices of different dimensionalities with pores and/or channels [7]. Study of the thermal and sorption properties of such compounds has shown that many of them undergo reversible dehydration/hydration reactions with retention of the crystal lattice, and can selectively react with guest molecules. In the overwhelming majority of cases, in materials of this type the carboxylate anions act as bridging ligands linking the metal ions into one-dimensional chains or two-dimensional layers (coordination polymers). The only macrocyclic MOF with a nonpolymeric structure known today is [Ni(cl)(H 2 O) 2 ] 3 (btc) 2 ⋅24H 2 O (cl = 1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane (cyclam); btc 3-= the anion of 1,3,5-benzenetricarboxylic acid). Interaction between the cation and the anion in the crystal lattice of this complex occurs via hydrogen bonds between water molecules coordinated to the nickel(II) ion and the ionic carboxylate [8]. It has been shown that this compound has specific sorption properties [9]. Recently we described another complex with a similar crystal structure, [Cu 3 L(H 2 O) 6 ](btc) 2 ⋅40H 2 O (I), where L is a tris(macrocyclic) ligand constructed on the basis of melamine (2,4,6-triamino-1,3,5-triazine) [10].