The molecule is a phosphonic ester that is the monoethyl ester of phosphonic acid. A fungicide used (as its aluminium salt) for various horticultural crops used to control a range of diseases including Phytophthora, Pythium and Plasmopara. It has a role as an antifungal agrochemical. It is a conjugate acid of a fosetyl(1-).
ethoxy-hydroxy-oxophosphanium