Comment on 'Microscopic structural evolution during the liquid-liquid transition in triphenyl phosphite' by R Kurita, Y Shinohara, Y Amemiya and H Tanaka J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 19 (2007) 152101.

In the communication by Kurita et al 2007 J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 19 152101, peaks in the liquid diffraction pattern of triphenyl phosphite have been attributed to intermolecular phosphor-phosphor distances. Based on our previous neutron and x-ray diffraction studies we argue that this assignment is incorrect and the peak contributions are likely to be much more complex.