organic compounds
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The title compound, C21H15O4P·0.5C4H8O, contains an ordered phosphane oxide in a general position and a tetrahydrofuran solvent molecule disordered about a twofold axis. All three aldehyde substituents are nearly coplanar with their attached benzene rings, with C—C—C—O torsion angles in the range 1.64 (17)–4.24 (19)°. All three have different conformations with respect to the P=O group, one syn, one anti, and one gauche. Two of the aldehyde substituents form intermolecular C—HO contacts.