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What is the highest oxidation state possessed by phosphorus in it's oxyacids?
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$+5$
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$+5$ is the highest oxidation state possessed by phosphorus in it's oxyacids. In oxoacids phosphorus is tetrahedrally surrounded by other atoms. All these acid contains at least one $\mathrm{P}=$ O bond and one $\mathrm{P}-\mathrm{OH}$ bond. The oxoacids in which phosphorus has maximum oxidation state $(+5)$ is orthophosphoric $\left(\mathrm{H}_{3} \mathrm{PO}_{4}\right)$, pyrophosphoric $\left(\mathrm{H}_{4} \mathrm{P}_{2} \mathrm{O}_{7}\right)$ and metaphosphoric $\left(\mathrm{HPO}_{3}\right)_{n}$.
$+5$ is the highest oxidation state possessed by phosphorus in it's oxyacids. In oxoacids phosphorus is tetrahedrally surrounded by other atoms. All these acid contains at least one $\mathrm{P}=$ O bond and one $\mathrm{P}-\mathrm{OH}$ bond. The oxoacids in which phosphorus has maximum oxidation state $(+5)$ is orthophosphoric $\left(\mathrm{H}_{3} \mathrm{PO}_{4}\right)$, pyrophosphoric $\left(\mathrm{H}_{4} \mathrm{P}_{2} \mathrm{O}_{7}\right)$ and metaphosphoric $\left(\mathrm{HPO}_{3}\right)_{n}$.
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