Talk:Diamidophosphate

Proposition: Move and reorg under the name sodium diamidophosphate

It is generally preferable (to me at least) to have articles on compounds vs ions. The ChemBox can be more explicit. We can show structures, discuss solubility, stability, and other facets. --Smokefoot (talk) 02:17, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

I think we can generalize it further. The parent functional group Phosphorodiamidate doesn't have a page yet and currently just a redirects to Phosphoramidate (e.g. (HO)₂PONH₂). That might be a good place to start. We often keep discussions the ionic and covalent forms of functional group together until there is enough info to split the pages. --Project Osprey (talk) 09:02, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

The compounds include sodium, potassium, ammonium, silver, and acid. Organic derivatives includes phenyl. The compounds do not have a lot written about them, so I think 5 articles about the inorganic derivatives is unwarranted. The person who started with this page was impressed by a press release saying that diamidophosphate helped to start life on Earth. (unspecified compound). But the sodium salt is what the experimenters used. Smokefoot's idea is good if he can get hold of enough writings about sodium diamidophosphate, I could not see much in a google or google scholar search. Phosphorodiamidate does look to be a notable topic with 000's of hits. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 09:48, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

Actually there are known magnesium and calcium salts: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/chin.198921036 also not very important. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 09:51, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

Maybe the proposal is not so wise after all. Thanks to all for the quick responses.--Smokefoot (talk) 13:31, 3 April 2018 (UTC)