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Phosphorus pentoxide is a chemical compound with molecular formula P 4 O 10 (with its common name derived from its empirical formula, P 2 O 5). This white crystalline solid is the anhydride of phosphoric acid. It is a powerful desiccant and dehydrating agent.
Phosphorus pentoxide (phosphorus(V) oxide, phosphoric anhydride), P 2 O 5; Phosphorus trioxide (phosphorus(III) oxide, phosphorous anhydride), P 2 O 3; Phosphorus tetroxide, P 2 O 4; Several other, less common, oxides of phosphorus, including P 4 O 7, P 4 O 9, and P 2 O 6; Gases: Phosphorus monoxide, PO; Phosphorus dioxide, PO 2
Diphosphorus is an inorganic chemical with the chemical formula P 2.Unlike nitrogen, its lighter pnictogen neighbor which forms a stable N 2 molecule with a nitrogen to nitrogen triple bond, phosphorus prefers a tetrahedral form P 4 because P-P pi-bonds are high in energy.
The odour of combustion of this form has a characteristic garlic odor, and samples are commonly coated with white "diphosphorus pentoxide", which consists of P 4 O 10 tetrahedra with oxygen inserted between the phosphorus atoms and at their vertices. White phosphorus is only slightly soluble in water and can be stored under water.
Thus, NCl 3 is termed nitrogen trichloride, BF 3 is termed boron trifluoride, and P 2 O 5 is termed diphosphorus pentoxide (although the a of the prefix penta-should actually not be omitted before a vowel: the IUPAC Red Book 2005 page 69 states, "The final vowels of multiplicative prefixes should not be elided (although "monoxide", rather than ...
Diphosphorus is the gaseous form of phosphorus, and the thermodynamically stable form between 1200 °C and 2000 °C. The dissociation of tetraphosphorus (P 4) begins at lower temperature: the percentage of P 2 at 800 °C is ≈ 1%. At temperatures above about 2000 °C, the diphosphorus molecule begins to dissociate into atomic phosphorus.
Also HPO 3 is an idealized formula for partial hydrate.--Smokefoot 17:18, 9 October 2006 (UTC) I feel that phosphorus pentoxide would be a better name for the article than diphosphorus pentoxide. I've heard the former used exclusively to refer to P 4 O 10. Only on WP have I seen diphosphorus pentoxide used (other than in lists of synonyms)!
Diphosphorus tetrafluoride is a gaseous compound of phosphorus and fluorine with formula P 2 F 4. Two fluorine atoms are connected to each phosphorus atom, and there is a bond between the two phosphorus atoms. Phosphorus can be considered to have oxidation state +2, as indicated by the name phosphorus difluoride. [1]