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Potassium Phosphate, Tribasic

An inorganic compound, K3O4P, 212.264 g/mol. Appears in 458 documented reactions across 2 classes.

verified record, Inorganic compound, 1 measured properties, 458 documented reactions

Identifiers

Molecular formula
K₃O₄P
Molecular weight
212.264 g/mol
Exact mass
211.84454 g/mol
IUPAC name
tripotassium;phosphate
SMILES
O=P([O-])([O-])[O-].[K+].[K+].[K+]
InChI
InChI=1S/3K.H3O4P/c;;;1-5(2,3)4/h;;;(H3,1,2,3,4)/q3*+1;/p-3
InChIKey
LWIHDJKSTIGBAC-UHFFFAOYSA-K

Measured properties

Published measurements, each with its source. Two readings of one property are both shown, in the units each used.

Solubility
Freely soluble in water. Insoluble in ethanolmeasured · EU Food Improvement Agents

Calculated properties

Derived from the structure, not from a sample; kept apart from the measurements above.

Molecular weight
212.266 g/molcalculated · reference compound database
Average mass of one molecule, from reference compound database.
Exact mass
211.8445399 Dacalculated · reference compound database
Mass of the most common isotopic form.
Polar surface area
86.3 Ųcalculated · reference compound database
Polar surface area as computed by reference compound database.
Complexity
36calculated · reference compound database
A rough measure of how intricate the structure is.
H-bond donors
0calculated · reference compound database
H-bond acceptors
4calculated · reference compound database
logP
-11.8126calculated · chemistry engine
Estimated preference for oil over water. Higher means more oil-like.
Topological polar surface area
86.25 Ųcalculated · chemistry engine
Surface area from polar atoms; relates to how easily a molecule crosses membranes.
H-bond donors
0calculated · chemistry engine
Atoms that can donate a hydrogen bond.
H-bond acceptors
4calculated · chemistry engine
Atoms that can accept a hydrogen bond.
Rotatable bonds
0calculated · chemistry engine
Single bonds the molecule can freely twist around.
Molar refractivity
7.6065 cm³/molcalculated · chemistry engine
Relates to the molecule's polarisability.
Fraction sp³ carbons
0calculated · chemistry engine
Share of carbon atoms with tetrahedral bonding.
QED drug-likeness
0.2946calculated · chemistry engine
Quantitative estimate of drug-likeness (0–1).

What it is made of

Elements

Percentages are of the molecular weight above, worked out the same way the molar mass calculator does it.

Structure

Heavy atoms, hydrogen excluded
8
Total atoms, hydrogen included
8
Rings
0
Aromatic rings
0
Stereocentres
0
Formal charge
0

The molecule in three dimensions

Rotate and inspect the atoms. Loaded only when you ask, so the page stays light.

The drawing above is a diagram of what is bonded to what. A molecule is not flat, and the model here is one low-energy shape generated from the connectivity — useful for seeing which groups can reach each other, and not a measured structure. A real sample is a population of conformations, interconverting.

Other names for it

The systematic name on this record is tripotassium;phosphate.

The sources also call it Tripotassium phosphate, Potassium phosphate tribasic, Tripotassium orthophosphate, Phosphoric acid, tripotassium salt, Potassium orthophosphate, Caswell No. 700A, Potassium phosphate (K3PO4), CCRIS 7321, tribasic potassium phosphate, Potassium pentahydrogen bis(phosphate).

Structurally related

Nothing structurally close to Potassium Phosphate, Tribasic has a page here yet.

Seen alongside it in reaction records

Molecules that appear in the same recorded reactions as Potassium Phosphate, Tribasic. This says nothing about structure: most of them are the bases, solvents, ligands and catalysts the chemistry needed, and they are here because somebody put them in the same flask.

Where these values came from

compound record.

What this page does not claim

Identifiers are copied from the source record, measured values are reported as published, and calculated values are marked as calculated. Nothing here is a hazard, purity or handling assessment — how the library is checked.