Phosphomolybdic acid

Phosphomolybdic acid
Names
Other names
Molybdophosphoric acid; dodecamolybdophosphoric acid
Identifiers
12026-57-2 N
51429-74-4 (hydrate)
EC Number 234-713-5
MeSH Phosphomolybdic+acid
PubChem 53384541
Properties
H3PMo12O40
Molar mass 1825.25 g/mol
Density 1.62 g/ml[1] (hydrate)
Melting point 79-90 °C[1]
soluble
Hazards
Main hazards Oxidiser[1] (hydrate)
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Phosphomolybdic acid, also known as dodeca molybdophosphoric acid or PMA is a component of Masson's trichrome stain. It is a yellow-green compound, freely soluble in water and polar organic solvents such as ethanol. It is used as a reagent in thin layer chromatography for staining phenolics, hydrocarbon waxes, alkaloids and steroids.

Conjugated, unsaturated compounds reduce PMA to molybdenum blue. The color intensifies with increasing number of double bonds in the molecule being stained.[2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 http://www.sigmaaldrich.com/MSDS/MSDS/DisplayMSDSPage.do?country=US&language=en&productNumber=221856&brand=SIAL&PageToGoToURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sigmaaldrich.com%2Fcatalog%2Fsearch%3Fterm%3DPhosphomolybdic%2Bacid%26interface%3DAll%26N%3D0%26mode%3Dmatch%2520partialmax%26lang%3Den%26region%3DUS%26focus%3Dproduct. Retrieved 25 November 2015. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. Reduction of Phosphomolybdic Acid by Compounds Possessing Conjugated Double Bonds, S. Burstein, Anal. Chem., 1953, 25 (3), pp 422–424


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