Naming of Phosphite Ions
The traditional name for HPO32− is phosphite, and for HPO2(OH)− is hydrogenphosphite or acid phosphite. However IUPAC recommendations are that HPO32− is to be named hydrogenphosphite or phosphonate, HPO2(OH)− is to be named dihydrogenphosphite or hydrogenphosphonate and phosphite is reserved for the hypothetical PO33− ion.
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