title: Benz-yl(phen-yl)phosphinic acid.
abstract: The title compound, C(13)H(13)O(2)P, crystallized as enanti-omerically pure crystals; for the crystal measured, the P atom has R stereochemistry. The crystal structure displays O-H⋯O hydrogen bonding, which links individual mol-ecules related by a 2(1) screw axis parallel to the crystallographic a-axis direction into continuous chains.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Materiais Inorgânicos, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Av. Roraima, 1000 Camobi, 97105-900 Santa Maria, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Robert A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Burrow
authors.forename: Rubia M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Siqueira da Silva