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organic compounds
The structure of diethyl (1-hydroxy-2-butynyl)phosphonate, C8H15O4P, exhibits nearly tetrahedral geometry around the P atom, in addition to intermolecular and intramolecular hydrogen bonding between the hydroxyl group and the double-bonded phosphoryl O atom (O-HO=P).