“…The first MOF (MOF-9) [11] based on 4,4′-azodibenzoate (4,4′-ADB) is reported by Yaghi et al They demonstrated that compounds constructed by azodibenzoate ligands possess the ability to support the existence of large free volume in interpenetrating structures. After that, more and more researchers put their attentions on synthesis porous MOFs by azo-based ligands, such as 3,5,4′-azobenzenetricarboxylic acid, [12] 2,2′-azodibenzoic acid, [9,13] 4,4′-azodibenzoic acid, [14,15] and 3,3′,5,5′azobenzenetetracarboxylic acid, [16][17][18][19][20][21][22] and investigate their properties, especially gas adsorption performance. To our best knowledge, the coordination chemistry of 3,3′-azodibenzoic acid (3,3′-H 2 ADB) has attracted little attention.…”