Talk:Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate

Latest comment: 14 years ago by Chibibrain in topic Name and structure mismatch

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This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as stub, and the rating on other projects was brought up to Stub class. BetacommandBot 07:54, 10 November 2007 (UTC)Reply

Name and structure mismatch

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The structure in the chembox is for the phosphonic acid, so is the IUPAC name. However, the phosphonic acid is not the conjugate base (phosphate) after which this article has been named. Editors need to decide if they want to name the chemical after the common name (the phosphate) or its neutral form (the acid). Most of the intermediate species in the glycolysis cycle have this issue, where the acid is conflated with the conjugate base. This type of technical issue, although seemingly pedantic, is often used by detractors to denigrate Wikipedia.--Chibibrain (talk) 03:32, 23 November 2009 (UTC)Reply