Boron phosphate

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| IUPACName = Boron phosphate

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| CASNo = 13308-51-5

| PubChem = 83329

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| SMILES = B12OP(=O)(O1)O2

| InChI = 1/B.H3O4P/c;1-5(2,3)4/h;(H3,1,2,3,4)/q+3;/p-3

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| Formula = BPO4

| MolarMass = 105.78 g/mol

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| Density = 2.52 g/cm3

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Boron phosphate is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula BPO4. The simplest way of producing it is the reaction of phosphoric acid and boric acid. It is a white infusible solid that evaporates above 1450 °C.Corbridge DEC 2013, Phosphorus: Chemistry, Biochemistry and Technology, 6th ed., CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, {{ISBN|978-1-4398-4088-7}}

Synthesis

Boron phosphate is synthesized from phosphoric acid and boric acid at a temperature range from 80 °C to 1200 °C. The relatively cold treatment produces a white amorphous powder, which is converted to a microcrystalline product when heated at about 1000 °C for 2 hours.{{cite journal|doi=10.1002/cber.19040370171|title=Ueber die Bestimmung der Borsäure als Phosphat|year=1904|last1=Mylius|first1=F.|last2=Meusser|first2=A.|journal=Berichte der Deutschen Chemischen Gesellschaft|volume=37|pages=397–401|url=https://zenodo.org/record/1426102}}

The main reaction of the process is:

:H3BO3 + H3PO4 → BPO4 + 3 H2O

New ways of synthesizing the compound have also been reported, such as hydrothermal and microwave synthesis.{{cite journal|author=Baykal, A|author2=Kizilyalli, M|author3=Toprak, Muhammet S.|author4=Kniep, R|name-list-style=amp |year=2001|title=Hydrothermal and microwave synthesis of boron phosphate, BPO4|journal=Turkish Journal of Chemistry|volume=25|issue=4|pages=425–432}}

Due to the particular industrial interest of boron phosphate, other methods are used as well:

Structure

If obtained at pressure, the ordinary structure is isomorphous with the β-cristobalite, while subjecting it to high pressure is obtained a compound isomorphic with α-quartz.{{cite journal|doi=10.1107/S0365110X5900024X|title=New high pressure modifications of BPO4 and BAsO4|year=1959|last1=MacKenzie|first1=J. D.|last2=Roth|first2=W. L.|last3=Wentorf|first3=R. H.|journal=Acta Crystallographica|volume=12|issue=1 |pages=79|bibcode=1959AcCry..12...79M |doi-access=free}} The structure of AlPO4, berlinite, is isomorphous with α-quartz.

Applications

It is used as a catalyst for dehydration and other reactions in organic synthesis. Also, it serves as a source of phosphates for exchange reactions in the solid state to obtain metal phosphates.{{cite journal|doi=10.1139/v65-222|title=Surface Chemistry and Catalytic Properties of Boron Phosphate: 1. Surface Area and Acidity|year=1965|last1=Moffat|first1=J. B.|last2=Goltz|first2=H. L.|journal=Canadian Journal of Chemistry|volume=43|issue=6|pages=1680}}

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