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In oxoacids, how is phosphorus tetrahedrally surrounded by other atoms?
Chemistryp Block Elements (Group 15, 16, 17 & 18)NEET
Options:
  • A With P=O bonds only
  • B With P–OH bonds only
  • C With both P=O and P–OH bonds
  • D With both P=O and P–OH bonds, as well as P–P and P–H bonds
Solution:
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The correct answer is: With both P=O and P–OH bonds
The paragraph states that in oxoacids, phosphorus is tetrahedrally surrounded by other atoms and that all these acids contain at least one P=O bond and one P–OH bond.

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