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  2. Phosphoric acids and phosphates - Wikipedia

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    Since the ends are condensed, its formula has one less H 2 O (water) than tripolyphosphoric acid. The general formula of a phosphoric acid is H n−2x+2 P n O 3n−x+1, where n is the number of phosphorus atoms and x is the number of fundamental cycles in the molecule's structure; that is, the minimum number of bonds that would have to be ...

  3. Organophosphorus chemistry - Wikipedia

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    Phosphate esters have the general structure P(=O)(OR) 3 feature P(V). Such species are of technological importance as flame retardant agents, and plasticizers. Lacking a P−C bond, these compounds are in the technical sense not organophosphorus compounds but esters of phosphoric acid. Many derivatives are found in nature, such as ...

  4. Organophosphate - Wikipedia

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    Despite these limitations the reaction does see industrial use for the formation of monoalkyl phosphates, which are used as surfactants. [8] A major appeal of this route is the low cost of phosphoric acid compared to phosphorus oxychloride. OP(OH) 3 + ROH → OP(OH) 2 (OR) + H 2 O. P 2 O 5 is the anhydride of phosphoric acid and acts similarly ...

  5. Ester - Wikipedia

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    An ester of a carboxylic acid.R stands for any group (typically hydrogen or organyl) and R ′ stands for any organyl group.. In chemistry, an ester is a compound derived from an acid (organic or inorganic) in which the hydrogen atom (H) of at least one acidic hydroxyl group (−OH) of that acid is replaced by an organyl group (R ′). [1]

  6. Phosphite ester - Wikipedia

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    The general structure of a phosphite ester showing the lone pairs on the P. In organic chemistry, a phosphite ester or organophosphite usually refers to an organophosphorous compound with the formula P(OR) 3. They can be considered as esters of an unobserved tautomer phosphorous acid, H 3 PO 3, with the simplest example being trimethylphosphite ...

  7. Phosphonate - Wikipedia

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    General ester of phosphonic acid; in fact, the phosphorus has a formal charge of +1, the oxygen above it has a formal charge of −1, and the bond between them is single. In organic chemistry , phosphonates or phosphonic acids are organophosphorus compounds containing C−PO(OR) 2 groups , where R is an organic group ( alkyl , aryl ).

  8. Phosphate - Wikipedia

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    In chemistry, a phosphate is an anion, salt, functional group or ester derived from a phosphoric acid. It most commonly means orthophosphate, a derivative of orthophosphoric acid, a.k.a. phosphoric acid H 3 PO 4. The phosphate or orthophosphate ion [PO 4] 3− is derived from phosphoric acid by the removal of three protons H +.

  9. Acid catalysis - Wikipedia

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    In acid catalysis and base catalysis, a chemical reaction is catalyzed by an acid or a base. By Brønsted–Lowry acid–base theory, the acid is the proton (hydrogen ion, H +) donor and the base is the proton acceptor. Typical reactions catalyzed by proton transfer are esterifications and aldol reactions.