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phosphoramidate

phosphoramidate noun: a phosphate that has two of its OH groups substituted by NR2 groups to give a species with the general formula O=P(OH)(NH2).

Noun

phosphoramidate (plural phosphoramidates)

  1. A phosphate that has two of its OH groups substituted by NR2 groups to give a species with the general formula O=P(OH)(NH2).

Forms of phosphoramidate

pluralphosphoramidates

Origin of phosphoramidate

From phosphor + amidate.

Questions about phosphoramidate

What does phosphoramidate mean?
Phosphoramidate means a phosphate that has two of its OH groups substituted by NR2 groups to give a species with the general formula O=P(OH)(NH2).
What part of speech is phosphoramidate?
Phosphoramidate is a noun.
What is the plural of phosphoramidate?
The plural of phosphoramidate is phosphoramidates.

Words near phosphoramidate in the dictionary

  1. phosphor bronze
  2. phosphor bronzes
  3. phosphor-roesslerite
  4. phosphoramidase
  5. phosphoramidases
  6. phosphoramidate
  7. phosphoramidates
  8. phosphoramidation
  9. phosphoramidations
  10. phosphoramide
  11. phosphoramides

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