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Phosphorus oxychloride has the chemical formula POCl3, with P as the central atom. In order to minimize formal charge, how many

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Answer:

Phosphorus makes 5 bonds with other atoms

Explanation:

$POCl_{3}$ has total 32 number of valence electrons (P has 5 , O has 6 and Cl has 7 valence electrons).

These valence electrons are used to draw Lewis structure of $POCl_{3}$ .

Formal charge on an atom = (no. of valence electrons of the atom)-(no. of covalent bonds attached to the atom)-(no. of electrons in lone pair of the atom)

Applying octet rule (atoms have eight electrons in their valence shell) and minimizing formal charge of $POCl_{3}$ , it has been found that P makes total 5 bonds with rest of the atoms.

Lewis structure of $POCl_{3}$ along with formal charge (in parentheses) has been given below.

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