Current research fields of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), which are being developed in the last 5-10 years by Russian scientific institutions and universities, are generalized. The review encompasses the design, synthesis, topological description, and prediction of MOF properties, the development of methods for their chemical engineering and modification, their investigation by modern physicochemical techniques, and the creation of functional materials based on porous frameworks (heterogeneous catalysts, highly efficient and highly selective sorbents of the new generation, conducting materials, systems for the target drug delivery).

A series of MOFs comprising tetrahedral lanthanide complexes, isonicotinate linkers, and the octahedral cluster anion [Re₆S₈(CN)₆]^4–demonstrate structure-directing effects of the rhenium cluster.

Soluble compounds based on new heterometallic {Re₃Mo₃Se₈}ⁿcluster cores were synthesized and investigated.

The [Ca(DMF)6][Mo6Cl14] complex (I) was synthesized by reacting octahedral cluster Mo complex (H3O)2Mo6Cl14·6H2O with the Ca2+cation in DMF. Analogous reaction carried out in the presence of...