Hydrogen phosphate or monohydrogen phosphate (systematic name) is the inorganic ion with the formula [HPO4]2-. Its formula can also be written as [PO3(OH)]2-. Together with dihydrogen phosphate, hydrogenphosphate occurs widely in natural systems. Their salts are used in fertilizers and in cooking.[1] Most hydrogenphosphate salts are colorless, water soluble, and nontoxic.
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Preferred IUPAC name
Hydrogenphosphate | |||
Systematic IUPAC name
Monohydrogenphosphate Phosphoric acid, ion(2-) | |||
Other names
Phosphoric acid, ion(2-)
Hydrophosphoric acid (2-) Biphosphate (2-) | |||
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HPO2− 4 | |||
Conjugate acid | Dihydrogen phosphate | ||
Conjugate base | Phosphate | ||
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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It is a conjugate acid of phosphate [PO4]3- and a conjugate base of dihydrogen phosphate [H2PO4]−.
It is formed when a pyrophosphate anion [P
2O
7]4−
reacts with water H
2O by hydrolysis, which can give hydrogenphosphate:
- [P
2O
7]4−
+ H2O ⇌ 2 [HPO
4]2−
Acid-base equilibria
editHydrogenphosphate is an intermediate in the multistep conversion of phosphoric acid to phosphate:
Equilibrium | Dissociation constant, pKa[2] |
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H3PO4 ⇌ H 2PO− 4 + H+ |
pKa1 = 2.14[a] |
H 2PO− 4 ⇌ HPO2− 4 + H+ |
pKa2 = 7.20 |
HPO2− 4 ⇌ PO3− 4 + H+ |
pKa3 = 12.37 |
- ^ Values are at 25 °C and 0 ionic strength.
Examples
edit- Diammonium phosphate, (NH4)2HPO4
- Disodium phosphate, Na2HPO4, with varying amounts of water of hydration
References
edit- ^ Schrödter, Klaus; Bettermann, Gerhard; Staffel, Thomas; Wahl, Friedrich; Klein, Thomas; Hofmann, Thomas (2008). "Phosphoric Acid and Phosphates". Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH. doi:10.1002/14356007.a19_465.pub3. ISBN 978-3527306732.
- ^ Powell, Kipton J.; Brown, Paul L.; Byrne, Robert H.; Gajda, Tamás; Hefter, Glenn; Sjöberg, Staffan; Wanner, Hans (2005). "Chemical speciation of environmentally significant heavy metals with inorganic ligands. Part 1: The Hg2+, Cl−, OH−, CO2−
3, SO2−
4, and PO3−
4 aqueous systems". Pure Appl. Chem. 77 (4): 739–800. doi:10.1351/pac200577040739.