Abstract: A process of manufacturing a functionalized porous material includes: mixing a base porous material comprising a porous structure and a labile ligand with a functionalizing agent to form a slurry, the porous structure having open metal sites and a plurality of pores, wherein the labile ligand is coordinated to the open metal sites, present in the plurality of pores but not coordinated to the open metal sites, or a combination thereof, the labile ligand has a first boiling temperature and the functionalizing agent has a second boiling temperature that is higher than the first boiling temperature; and drying the slurry to form a functionalized porous material comprising the functionalizing agent coordinated to the open metal sites.