The title spirodiphosphonate, 3,9-dimethyl-2,4,8,10-tetraoxa-3 lambda(5) ,9
lambda(5)-diphosphaspiro[5.5]undecane-3,9-dione, C7H14O6P2, a polymer addi
tive, has crystallographic symmetry 2. At 100 K, its six-membered rings hav
e chair conformations, with endocyclic torsion-angle magnitudes in the rang
e 51.87 (8)- 58.93 (9)degrees. The P=O distance is 1.4749 (8) Angstrom, whi
le the P- C(methyl) distance is 1.7691 (12) Angstrom.