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  <version>1.0</version>
  <creation_date>2010-04-08 22:09:12 UTC</creation_date>
  <update_date>2025-11-18 23:20:36 UTC</update_date>
  <accession>FDB010576</accession>
  <name>Potassium phosphinate</name>
  <description>Listed in the EAFUS Food Additive Database (Jan 2001) but with no reported uses</description>
  <synonyms>
    <synonym>Phosphinic acid, potassium salt</synonym>
    <synonym>Phosphinic acid, potassium salt (1:1)</synonym>
    <synonym>Potassium hypophosphite</synonym>
    <synonym>Potassium hypophosphite (KH2PO2)</synonym>
    <synonym>Potassium hypophosphite, monobasic</synonym>
  </synonyms>
  <chemical_formula>KO2P</chemical_formula>
  <average_molecular_weight>102.0709</average_molecular_weight>
  <monisotopic_moleculate_weight>101.927297617</monisotopic_moleculate_weight>
  <iupac_name>potassium phosphinate</iupac_name>
  <traditional_iupac>potassium hypophosphite</traditional_iupac>
  <cas_registry_number>7782-87-8</cas_registry_number>
  <smiles>[K+].[O-]P=O</smiles>
  <inchi>InChI=1S/K.HO2P/c;1-3-2/h;(H,1,2)/q+1;/p-1</inchi>
  <inchikey>CRGPNLUFHHUKCM-UHFFFAOYSA-M</inchikey>
  <taxonomy>
    <description> belongs to the class of inorganic compounds known as alkali metal hypophosphites. These are inorganic compounds in which the largest oxoanion is hypophosphite, and in which the heaviest atom not in an oxoanion is an alkali metal.</description>
    <direct_parent>Alkali metal hypophosphites</direct_parent>
    <kingdom>Inorganic compounds</kingdom>
    <super_class>Mixed metal/non-metal compounds</super_class>
    <class>Alkali metal oxoanionic compounds</class>
    <sub_class>Alkali metal hypophosphites</sub_class>
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    <alternative_parents>
      <alternative_parent>Inorganic oxides</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Inorganic salts</alternative_parent>
    </alternative_parents>
    <substituents>
      <substituent>Alkali metal hypophosphite</substituent>
      <substituent>Inorganic oxide</substituent>
      <substituent>Inorganic salt</substituent>
    </substituents>
    <external_descriptors>
    </external_descriptors>
  </taxonomy>
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    <value>potassium phosphinate</value>
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    <value>102.0709</value>
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    <value>101.927297617</value>
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    <value>[K+].[O-]P=O</value>
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    <value>KO2P</value>
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    <value>InChI=1S/K.HO2P/c;1-3-2/h;(H,1,2)/q+1;/p-1</value>
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    <value>8.09</value>
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    <value>3.24</value>
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    <value>0</value>
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    <value>0</value>
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    <kind>formal_charge</kind>
    <value>0</value>
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