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P4 Lewis Dot Structure
« on: October 06, 2012, 05:35:53 PM »
I was working on mastering chemistry work and I can't seem to get the answer correct.  I'm curious to what the structure is.

I assumed it was           .. .. ..            But apparently this is wrong, if someone could explain to me why this is wrong and how I can
                                :P-P-P:           get to the solution that would be great.  I know that they all have single bonds and it has 20
                                     l               electrons total.  Thanks!
                                    :P:       
                                       
                               

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Re: P4 Lewis Dot Structure
« Reply #1 on: October 06, 2012, 05:38:00 PM »
Woops all the :P represent a : and the element P.

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Re: P4 Lewis Dot Structure
« Reply #2 on: October 07, 2012, 03:09:05 AM »
There are only 4 lone pairs...

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Re: P4 Lewis Dot Structure
« Reply #3 on: October 07, 2012, 03:35:59 AM »
and P atoms form tetrahedron
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Re: P4 Lewis Dot Structure
« Reply #4 on: October 07, 2012, 07:37:38 AM »
Oh wow that was stupid... So I also did it where each of the Ps bonded singly with the 3 other Ps.  Then a single lone pair on each.  This was also wrong.  They each have a full octet though and 20 electrons. 


                                ..
                                P
                               /|\
                              / P \
                             / /  \ \
       (: lone pair here)P----P:
                             


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