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Draw a Lewis structure for PCl5 and answer the following questionsbased on your drawingFor...

Draw a Lewis structure for PCl5 and answer the following questions based on your drawing


For the Central phosphorus atom:

number of lone pairs =?

number of single bonds = ?

number of double bonds = ?


central phosphorus atom obeys:

a. octet rule

b. incomplete octet or

c. expanded octet



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Expert Solution

The structure is:

It has:

Unbound pairs: 0

Simple links: 5

Double links: 0

The central atom of P obeys: Incomplete Octet.

queen_honey_blossom answered 2 years ago
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