Which is the Lewis structure for cap h sub 3 PO sub 4 ?
Answer
A
Image with description A chemical structure diagram shows a central phosphorus (P) atom. Above the P atom, a double bond connects to an oxygen (O) atom. This oxygen atom has two dots above it, two dots to its left and two dots to its right. To the left of the P atom, a single bond connects to an oxygen (O) atom. This oxygen atom has two dots above it and two dots below it. To the left of this oxygen atom, a single bond connects to a hydrogen (H) atom. To the right of the P atom, a single bond connects to an oxygen (O) atom. This oxygen atom has two dots above it and two dots below it. To the right of this oxygen atom, a single bond connects to a hydrogen (H) atom.
B
Image with description A chemical structure diagram shows a central phosphorus (P) atom. Above the P atom, a single bond connects to an oxygen (O) atom. This oxygen atom has two dots above it, and is single-bonded to a hydrogen (H) atom to its left and another hydrogen (H) atom to its right. To the left of the P atom, a single bond connects to an oxygen (O) atom. This oxygen atom has two dots above it and two dots below it. To the right of the P atom, a single bond connects to an oxygen (O) atom. This oxygen atom has two dots above it and two dots below it. Below the P atom, a single bond connects to an oxygen (O) atom. This oxygen atom has two dots to its left and two dots to its right, and is single-bonded to a hydrogen (H) atom below it.
C
Image with description A chemical structure diagram shows a central phosphorus (P) atom. Above the P atom, a single bond connects to a hydrogen (H) atom. To the left of the P atom, a single bond connects to an oxygen (O) atom. This oxygen atom has two dots above it and two dots below it, and is single-bonded to a hydrogen (H) atom to its left. To the right of the P atom, a single bond connects to an oxygen (O) atom. This oxygen atom has two dots above it and two dots below it, and is single-bonded to a hydrogen (H) atom to its right. Below the P atom, a single bond connects to an oxygen (O) atom. This oxygen atom has two dots to its left, two dots to its right and two dots below it.
D
Image with description A chemical structure diagram shows a central phosphorus (P) atom. Above the P atom, a single bond connects to an oxygen (O) atom. This oxygen atom has two dots above it, and is single-bonded to a hydrogen (H) atom to its left and another hydrogen (H) atom to its right. To the left of the P atom, a single bond connects to an oxygen (O) atom. This oxygen atom has two dots above it and two dots below it. To the right of the P atom, a single bond connects to an oxygen (O) atom. This oxygen atom has two dots above it and two dots below it. Below the P atom, a single bond connects to an oxygen (O) atom. This oxygen atom has two dots to its left and two dots to its right, and is single-bonded to a hydrogen (H) atom below it.