The characteristic anisotropic breathing behaviour in MIL-88-type frameworks often underpins their investigation for gas capture/separation applications. However, a combination of the contraction of 1 and the residual DMF in the pores results in limited nitrogen adsorption at 77 K; following activation at 150 °C under vacuum for 20 h, there is minimal N2 uptake by 1np. In contrast, 1np displays reasonable CO2 adsorption -2.4 mmol g -1 at 1 bar at 273 K -which is comparable with other reported Sc MOFs. In the absence of polar functional groups in a MOF, reports have indicated that CO2 uptake can be improved by tuning pore size using smaller linkers. 1np also achieves a modest H2 adsorption of 1.3 wt%, which is relatively unremarkable when compared with other reported Sc-MOFs.