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Q. Structure anions of acids, $ HNO_{3}, H_{3}PO_{4} $ and $ H_{2}SO_{4} $ are, respectively

AMUAMU 2018Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure

Solution:

Anions of the acids $HNO_{3}, H_{3}PO_{4}$ and $H_{2}SO_{4}$ are $NO^{-}_{3}, PO^{3-}_{4}$ and $SO^{2-}_{4}$ respectively
Their structures can be explained as follows:
$NO^{-}_{3}$ has planar structure It has nitrogen as a central atom without lone pair, which is bonded to three oxygen atoms. Its hybridisation can be predicted by $\frac{1}{2}[V+M-C+A]$
Where $V$ = number of valence electrons
$M$ = number of monovalent ion
$C$= cationic charge
$A$ - anionic charge
$\therefore $ Hybridisation $=\frac{1}{2}[5+0-0+1]=3$
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$PO^{3-}_{4}$ has tetrahedral structure. It has phosphorus as a central atom without lone pair which is bonded to four oxygen atoms. Its hybridisation can be predicted as $\frac{1}{2}[5+0-0+3]=3$
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$SO^{2-}_{4}$ has tetrahedral structure. It has phosphorus as a central atom without lone pair which is bonded to four oxygen atoms. Its hybridisation can be predicted as
$\frac{1}{2}[6+0-0+2]=4$
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