title: Diethyl (1-hydr-oxy-1-phenyl-ethyl)phospho-nate.
abstract: The title compound, C(12)H(19)O(4)P, has a distorted tetra-hedral geometry around the P atom. The molecules form dimers with R(2) (2)(10) ring motifs due to inter-molecular O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds. The double-bonded O atom of the phospho-nate group behaves as an acceptor and the hydr-oxy group acts as a donor. Both of the ethyl groups are disordered with occupancies of 0.55:0.45 and 0.725:0.275.
authors.forename: M Nawaz
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Tahir
authors.forename: Nurcan
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authors.lastname: Acar
authors.forename: Hamza
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yilmaz
authors.forename: Muhammad Ilyas
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Tariq
authors.forename: Ghulam
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hussain