Draw the Lewis dot structure and calculate the formal charges of the oxygen and phosphorus atoms of PO4 3- . What is the molecular geometry of the molecule?

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Chapter3: Atomic Shells And Classical Models Of Chemical Bonding
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Problem 39P: Assign formal charges to all atoms in the following Lewis diagrams. (a) SO42 (b) S2O32 (c) SbF3 (d)...
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Draw the Lewis dot structure and calculate the formal charges of the oxygen and phosphorus atoms of

PO4

3-

. What is the molecular geometry of the molecule?

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