Answer to Question #135394 in Organic Chemistry for Aditi Yadav

Question #135394

For the phosphite ion, (PO3) 3- : (a) giving all the steps, write the Lewis structure. (b) calculate the formal charges on O atoms and P atom. (c) draw the shape of the ion.

Expert's answer

Formal charge on each Oxygen is -1

Phosphorus is 0

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