Solvothermal reactions of Cu(NO
3)
2 with azoxybenzene-3,3′,5,5′-tetracarboxylic acid (H
4aobtc) or
trans-stilbene-3,3′,5,5′-tetracarboxylic acid (H
4sbtc) give rise to two isostructural microporous metal−organic frameworks, Cu
2(abtc)(H
2O)
2·3DMA (PCN-10, abtc = azobenzene-3,3′,5,5′-tetracarboxylate) and Cu
2(sbtc)(H
2O)
2·3DMA (PCN-11, sbtc =
trans-stilbene-3,3′,5,5′-tetracarboxylate), respectively. Both PCN-10 and PCN-11 possess significant enduring porosity with Langmuir surface areas of 1779 and 2442 m
2/g (corresponding to BET surface areas of 1407 or 1931 m
2/g, respectively) and contain nanoscopic ca
ges and coordinatively unsaturated metal centers. At 77 K, 760 Torr, the excess gravimetric (volumetric) hydro
gen uptake of PCN-10 is 2.34 wt % (18.0 g/L) and that of PCN-11 can reach 2.55 wt % (19.1 g/L). Gas-adsorption studies also sug
gest that MOFs containing C
ges/entities/dbd_2.gif">C double bonds are more favorable than those with N
ges/entities/dbd_2.gif">N double bond in retaining enduring porosity after thermal activation, although N
ges/entities/dbd_2.gif">N has slightly higher H
2 affinity. The excess gravimetric (volumetric) adsorption at 77 K saturates around 20 atm and reaches values of 4.33% (33.2 g/L) and 5.05% (37.8 g/L) for PCN-10 and PCN-11, respectively. In addition to its appreciable hydro
gen uptake, PCN-11 has an excess methane uptake of 171 cm
3(STP)/cm
3 at 298 K and 35 bar, approaching the DOE tar
get of 180 v(STP)/v for methane stora
ge at ambient temperature. Thus, PCN-11 represents one of the few materials that is applicable to both hydro
gen and methane stora
ge applications.