organic compounds
In the title racemic compound, C9H19O5P, all interatomic C—C and C—OH distances can be considered normal. The P—O and P=O distances are 1.5583 (8) and 1.5003 (7) Å, respectively. The rings are cis-fused, the phospholane ring exists in a slightly distorted envelope conformation and the cyclohexane ring adopts an almost ideal chair conformation. All hydroxyl groups are anti to the P=O bond. Molecules are linked via medium-strength intermolecular O—HO hydrogen bonds into a three-dimensional network.