Scheme 1.
Combustion reactions of energetic MOFs, and Hess’ Law for these combustion reactions.
| ∆CH° = ∆CU + ∆nRT [∆n = ∆ni (products, g) − ∆nj (reactants, g), ∆ni or ∆nj is the total molar amount of gases in the products or reactnts] | (1) | 
| C10H6CuN20O4 (s) + 10 O2 (g) → CuO (s) + 10CO2 (g) + 3H2O (l) + 10N2 (g) MOF(DNBT) | (2) | (2) | 
| C8H8CuN16O6.77 (s) + 7.115 O2 (g) → CuO (s) + 8CO2 (g) + 4H2O (l) + 8N2 (g) MOF(DNBTO) | (3) | (3) | 
| ∆f H°{MOF(DNBT), s} = ∆f H°(CuO, s) + 10∆f H°(CO2, g) + 3∆f H°(H2O, l) − ∆CH°{MOF(DNBT), s} | (4) | 
| ∆f H°{MOF(DNBTO), s} = ∆f H°(CuO, s) + 8∆f H°(CO2, g) + 4∆f H°(H2O, l ) − ∆CH°{MOF(DNBTO), s} | (5) |