Illustrated Glossary of Organic Chemistry
Phosphoric
acid
:
A strong
Bronsted acid
, commonly used as a
non-nucleophilic
proton
source.
p
K
a1
= 2.1 ;
p
K
a2
= 7.2;
p
K
a3
= 12.3.
Molecular Structure
of Phosphoric
Acid
Lewis structure
Ball and spoke
Space filling model
Related terms:
Lewis acid
,
phosphate
,
phosphodiester
,
organophosphate
,
diphosphate
,
pyrophosphate
,
triphosphate
,
sulfuric acid
,
mineral acid
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