The ability to template amine pairs in MOF pores provides the opportunity to create bimetallic active sites where all structural parameters, from the ligand environment and metal identity to the metal-metal distances and pore environment, can be carefully controlled (Fig. ). Motivated by the widespread use of iminopyridine ligands in organometallic chemistry, we envisioned that the templated arylamines in 1-NH2-18% could be converted into bimetallic iminopyridine complexes (Fig. ).