“…27,32,33 The additional lines in the spectrum may be rationalized by an assumption that phosphonate anions could give metal chelates not only through oxygen-atoms, but also involving carbon-atom and exist as dimers. 22,24,26 In 13 C-and 1 H-NMR spectra of anion 2a-A (Table III) at room temperature we followed the appearance of broad resonance signals, probably due to conformational exchange processes between isomers. In the 13 C-NMR spectrum of phosphonate 2a, the P-C(3) carbon (see atom were seen in two sets of doublets in 1:2 ratios, the latter is probably the sum of signals of two isomers (1:1 + 1).…”