biphosphate

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A biphosphate is any of the following (due to fluctuations in chemical nomenclature over the centuries):

• One of the two phosphate ions which can be singular to 1 metal ion
• Monohydrogen phosphate, commonly known as hydrogenphosphate, also known as biphosphate(2-) ([HPO₄]^2-).
• Dihydrogen phosphate, also known as biphosphate(1-) ([H₂PO₄]⁻).
• Any salt of phosphoric acid in which only one of the hydrogen atoms has been replaced by a metal ion
• Calcium biphosphate is monocalcium phosphate
• Potassium biphosphate is monopotassium phosphate
• Magnesium biphosphate is monomagnesium phosphate
• Sodium biphosphate is monosodium phosphate
• Any diphosphate, which may be:
• Any pyrophosphate
• Any simple pyrophosphate salt (which have no hydrogen atoms)
• Calcium pyrophosphate
• Tetrasodium pyrophosphate
• Zinc pyrophosphate
• Any organic pyrophosphate or any organic molecule with two phosphate groups
• Adenosine diphosphate
• Deoxyadenosine diphosphate
• Cytidine diphosphate
• Deoxycytidine diphosphate
• Guanosine diphosphate
• Deoxyguanosine diphosphate
• Thiamine pyrophosphate
• Thymidine diphosphate
• Uridine diphosphate
• Any salt or ester with two phosphate groups
• Hexestrol diphosphate

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