- P2H4O6
- Hypophosphoric Hy`po*phos*phor"ic, a. [Pref. hypo- +
phosphoric.] (Chem.)
Pertaining to, or derived from, or containing, phosphorus in
a lower state of oxidation than in phosphoric compounds; as,
hypophosphoric acid.
[1913 Webster]
{Hypophosphoric acid} (Chem.), an acid, {P2H4O6}, produced by the slow oxidation of moist phosphorus, and isolated only as a solution in water. It is regarded as a condensation product of one molecule of phosphoric acid with one of phosphorous acid, by partial dehydration. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.