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posted by  AVH6215 on 12/1/2008 12:13:27 AM  |  status: Closed  

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Please draw the lewis structure for the monomer of
P4O10
and are there any resonance forms?
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posted by Werner on 12/1/2008 4:06:32 AM  |  status: Live
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"thanks but i don't think p can have 5 lines"
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The monomer for P4O10  is P2O5
  The Lewis structure for P2O5
 
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posted by AVH6215 on 12/1/2008 1:45:31 PM  |  status: Live
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thanks so much for helping but i don't understand. I don't think P can have 5 lines of it. It shows two double bonds and then a single bond. Is that possible?
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posted by Kris. on 12/1/2008 2:18:08 PM  |  status: Live
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"Thanks, thats helps :-)"
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P can have five lines.  Starting in row three of the periodic table, the atoms towards the end (like S and P) have a d orbital...which allows for an expanded octet, or more than eight electrons around that atom.
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