 Nomenclature of Phosphorus-Containing Compounds of Biochemical Importance by IUPAC and IUBMB

Recommendations1976; primary republication with sections1 Phosphoric esters and4 Phosphodiesters. Biochemical Journal171,1–19(1978), among the publication versions listed on the official text. Section1 comment(i) prefers phosphoric ester as the generic name. Existing common wording phosphate ester retained as an EMPTY synonym, not a second concept. No personal authorship inferred.

Additional locators: §§1–4 and Table3, esters, ionic forms, anhydrides, phosphate-diester bridges and cyclic phosphates.

Additional verified locator: §3 and Table2 classify anhydrides, mixed anhydrides and ATP linkages.