Talk:Energy-rich species

Is this article a good idea?
I believe it defines a term commonly assumed to be understood by biochemists and chemists somewhat more rigorously, and I'm sure I'll find the rigorous definition somewhere in the literature (if I don't, of course, we cannot include it). It's not quite a WP:DICDEF, though I wouldn't mind merging it into chemical energy, say.

Full disclosure:


 * I'm writing this mainly because some people apply the term to oxygen (that's ordinary dioxygen in the triplet state). One of them has modified many articles on Wikipedia to state his views as fact.
 * so far, the article's written in "state something, then find references for it" fashion. That's hardly ideal.

IpseCustos (talk) 15:39, 12 June 2022 (UTC)

Notes (references)
Literally a web search:


 * https://open.maricopa.edu/environmentalscience/chapter/energy-sources-and-air-pollution/ "energy-rich fossil fuels"
 * https://www.bnl.gov/newsroom/news.php?a=112756 "energy-rich hydrogen gas"
 * https://www.knowswhy.com/why-is-atp-a-high-energy-molecule/ "Why is ATP a high-energy molecule?"
 * https://www.pharmacy180.com/article/uses-of-nadph-1897/ "NADP can be thought of as a high-energy molecule"
 * https://fpnotebook.com/endo/Exam/HghEnrgyMlcl.htm various phosphate-based "high-energy molecule" species
 * https://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/blue-hydrogen-is-not-green/ "Hydrogen is a high-energy molecule"
 * https://quizlet.com/61452500/final-flash-cards/ "Hydrogen sulfide is a high-energy molecule"
 * https://open.oregonstate.education/aandp/chapter/24-1-overview-of-metabolic-reactions/ "the high-energy molecule adenosine triphosphate" (also describes NADH and FADH2 as HEM)
 * https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/adfm.201670188 "the high-energy molecule H2O2"
 * https://www.chegg.com/homework-help/questions-and-answers/11-explain-glucose-considered-high-energy-molecule-co2-h20-considered-low-energy-molecules-q48707838 "explain why glucose is considered a high energy molecule while H2O and CO2 are considered low energy molecules"
 * https://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/a-synergistic-hydrogen-economy/ "all sorts of high-energy substances. [...] for example, [...] fertilizers or biofuels"
 * http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/a/s/asm4/turfgrass/education/turgeon/modules/02_growthanddevelopment/bioenergetics/bio_text04.html "methane is [...] a high-energy molecule"
 * https://learn-biology.com/ap-biology/module-6-menu-biochemistry/biochemistry-2-carbohydrates-ap-bio-interactive-tutorial/ "Glucose is a high-energy molecule"
 * https://hatsudy.com/octet.html "even if a carbocation is produced, it is a high-energy molecule"
 * https://findanyanswer.com/why-is-cyclopropane-so-high-in-energy "Why is Cyclopropane so high in energy?"
 * https://web.archive.org/web/20150622201710/http://orgomadesimple.com/chapter-5-cycloalkanes/ "octanitrocubane is such a high energy molecule"
 * https://www.biologydiscussion.com/organism/metabolism-organism/structures-of-energy-rich-compounds-with-diagram/50329 Structures of Energy-Rich Compounds (With Diagram) "The chief energy-rich compound of all biological cells is adenosine triphosphate"
 * https://www.britannica.com/science/life/Energy-carbon-and-electrons Britannica. Energy, carbon, and electrons "convert light or chemicals into energy-rich organic compounds"
 * https://www.answers.com/chemistry/What_is_energy_rich_compound What is energy rich compound "compounds that have a highly negative free energy change and hold the central location in metabolism" (huh?)
 * https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/1833-unlocking-the-energy-in-foods Unlocking the energy in foods. "energy-rich molecules like glucose"
 * https://www.quora.com/Whats-the-difference-between-energy-rich-molecule-ATP-and-electron-rich-molecule-NADPH?share=1 Quora. What's the difference between energy rich molecule (ATP) and electron rich molecule (NADPH)?"ATP is called an energy rich molecule because of the large negative free energy of its hydrolysis (And has nothing to do with high bond energy)"

Contrasted, of course, with:
 * https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7016920/ Oxygen is the High-Energy Molecule Powering Complex Multicellular Life: Fundamental Corrections to Traditional Bioenergetics