Table 1.

Composition, structure and synthetic conditions for the MOFs tested in the present study.

MOF	Metal	Organic ligand	Solvent/Modulator	Temperature (°C)/time (h)	Structure
UiO-64	Zr (IV)	2-butenedioic acid	DMF/HCl	150°C/24 h		Adapted with permission from Furukawa et al. (2014) Copyright (2014) American Chemical Society.
UiO-66	Zr (IV)	benzene-1,4-dicarboxylic acid	DMF/HCl	150°C/24 h		Adapted with permission from Trickett et al. (2015) Copyright (2015) John Wiley & Sons.
CIM-80	Al (III)	2-methyl-2-butenedioic acid	water/urea	150°C/3 h		Adapted with permission from Reinsch et al. (2018) Copyright (2018) John Wiley & Sons.
CIM-81	Zn (II)	1,2,4-triazole & benzene-1,4-dicarboxylic acid	DMA/–	120°C/72 h		Adapted with permission from González-Hernández et al. (2019). Copyright (2019) MDPI.
CIM-91	Zn (II)	1,2,4-triazole & benzene-1,4-dicarboxylic acid	DMF/–	120°C/72 h		Obtained using Mercury 4.3.0 and crystallographic data from Yao et al. (2016)
CIM-84	Zn (II)	2-methyl-2-butenedioic acid	DMF/acetic acid	120°C/48 h		Reproduced with permission from Mostakim et al. (2015) Copyright (2015) John Wiley & Sons.