Is this compound found in the human body?
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Is this compound found in the human body?If so where? What does it do?
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Re: Is this compound found in the human body?That's not a single compound, the R groups are variable.
There are organophosphates in the human body, ATP is an example
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Re: Is this compound found in the human body?Thank you. I think this compound undergoes addition-elimination. The compound I've drawn is an intermediate which then eliminates to form a phosphate ion and an alcohol....I think.(Original post by EierVonSatan)
That's not a single compound, the R groups are variable.
There are organophosphates in the human body, ATP is an example
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Re: Is this compound found in the human body?Organophosphates do undergo addition-elimination(Original post by T-Toe)
Thank you. I think this compound undergoes addition-elimination. The compound I've drawn is an intermediate which then eliminates to form a phosphate ion and an alcohol....I think.
What you've drawn is the ''product'' of an organophosphates reaction with water:
(RO)3P=O + H2O ---> (RO)3P(OH)2
it's only an addition up to this point
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