“…Simultaneously, studies of the molecular structure of ZnHEDP still continue. New data on the structure of the complex obtained from XPS data were compared to known [4][5][6] absorption IR spectra of the complex [7]. Based on the results [7], it was found that upon coordination of a phosphonic group by Zn(II), the localized PO π-bond remains unchanged, there is no third order symmetry axis of the phosphonic group, and Zn(II) in the complex occupies positions with different types of coordination by phosphonic groups: intermolecular (I) and intramolecular (II).…”