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organic compounds
The title molecule, C15H20NO5P, has a zwitterionic structure with strong intermolecular NO and OO hydrogen bonds. The coordination around phosphorus is a distorted tetrahedral, with a maximum bond-angle deviation of 12° from the ideal. The P—C bond length is 1.860 (4) Å and the average P—O value is 1.518 (3) Å.