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Potassium hypophosphite

Base Information Edit
  • Chemical Name:Potassium hypophosphite
  • CAS No.:7782-87-8
  • Molecular Formula:KH3PO2
  • Molecular Weight:104.087
  • Hs Code.:
  • Mol file:7782-87-8.mol
Potassium hypophosphite

Synonyms:Phosphinicacid, potassium salt (8CI,9CI);Potassium hypophosphite (KH2PO2) (7CI);Potassium phosphinate;

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Chemical Property of Potassium hypophosphite Edit
Chemical Property:
  • Appearance/Colour:White, hexagonal crystals. Odorless. 
  • Melting Point:decomposes [CRC10] 
  • PSA:56.88000 
  • Density:1.99[at 20℃] 
  • LogP:-0.08230 
  • Water Solubility.:200g/100mL H2O (25°C) [CRC10] 
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Technology Process of Potassium hypophosphite

There total 7 articles about Potassium hypophosphite which guide to synthetic route it. The literature collected by LookChem mainly comes from the sharing of users and the free literature resources found by Internet computing technology. We keep the original model of the professional version of literature to make it easier and faster for users to retrieve and use. At the same time, we analyze and calculate the most feasible synthesis route with the highest yield for your reference as below:

synthetic route:
Guidance literature:
With water; In water; reaction of KOH with P forming K3P and H3PO3; reaction of H3PO3 with an excess of KOH forming K2HPO3 and H2O; reaction of K3P with H2O forming PH3, KH2PO2, K2HPO3 and H2;;
DOI:10.1021/ja02001a011
Guidance literature:
With potassium hydroxide; In ethanol; water; byproducts: H2; by heating;
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