| abstract |
The invention relates to alkylphosphonous acids, salts and esters of formula (I) A-P(=O)(OX)-H (I) wherein A C2-C20 alkyl, C2-C20alkylene, and C8-C20 alkaryl are optionally substituted, and X is H, alkyl, aryl, alkylaryl, alkenyl, substituted alkyl, aryl, alkaryl, alkenyl, ammonium, primary, secondary, tertiary, quaternary alkyl and/or aryl ammonium, an alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal, a metal of the third and fourth main group and the second, fourth and eighth sub-group or a metal of the lanthanoid group. The invention also relates to methods for producing same and to the uses of said compounds. |