“…[12] One possible strategy for the preparation of water-stable MOFs is to use linker groups that form very strong bonds with tri-and tetravalent cations.I nt his context, linkers based on diaryl or dialkylphosphinates (with the general formula R 2 POOH) show promise as they can form coordination architectures similar to those of carboxylates,and yet do so,in accordance with hard and soft acid and base (HSAB) theory, with stronger bonds to hard metals like Fe III and Zr IV .Perhaps then surprisingly,p hosphinates have obtained much less attention for the preparation of coordination polymers, [13] especially in comparison with carboxylic acid based linkers. [2] Until now only monophosphinic acids, [14][15][16] bisphosphinic acids with as hort spacer, [17,18] or bisphosphinic acids with af lexible spacer [19] have been used for the preparation of coordination polymers ( Figure 1). None of these linkers, however, produced coordination polymers displaying permanent porosity.…”