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Question
Write the names and structures of oxoacids of phosphorus in which phosphorus exists in +7 oxidation state.
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Solution
Phosphorus does not form stable oxoacids in the +7 oxidation state. The highest oxidation state in common oxoacids of phosphorus is +5. No well-defined oxoacid with phosphorus in the +7 oxidation state is known. Therefore, phosphorus +7 oxoacids do not exist in stable form.
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Chapter 7: p-Block Elements - REVIEW EXERCISES [Page 416]
