Phosphoramides

Phosphoramides are a class of phosphorus compounds with the formula O=P(NR₂)_3-n(OH)_n. They can be considered derivatives of phosphoric acid where OH groups have been replaced with an amino or R-substituted amino group. In practise the term is commonly confined to the phosphoric triamides (P(=O)(NR₂)₃), essentially phosphoramide and derivatives thereof.^[1] Derivatives with the general structures P(=O)(OH)(NR₂)₂ or P(=O)(OH)₂(NR₂) are usually referred to as phosphoramidic acids.