Phosphorous Trioxide
The molecular formula of tetraphosphorous hexaoxide is P4O6. It's components are phosphorous (P) and oxygen (O) with a weight of 219.89 grams/mole.
For phosphorus trioxide, P2O3 formula unit, P4O6 molecular formula
4 moles of H3PO3 (phosphorous acid) out of 1 mole P4O6 and 6 H2O: very exothermic reaction, DDTAH!!
There is no central atom in P4O6. The molecule has a tetrahedron of P atoms where the P atoms are helf together by briding oxygen atoms.
The oxidation number of phosphorus in P4O6 is +3. This is because oxygen typically has an oxidation number of -2, and the overall charge of P4O6 is zero. Therefore, the four phosphorus atoms must have a combined oxidation number of +12 to balance out the -12 from the six oxygen atoms.
Phosphorous Trioxide
Phosphorus(III) oxide has the formula P2O3 but it exists as the molecule of P4O6
Phosphorus (III) oxide: P4O6
The molecular formula of tetraphosphorous hexaoxide is P4O6. It's components are phosphorous (P) and oxygen (O) with a weight of 219.89 grams/mole.
For phosphorus trioxide, P2O3 formula unit, P4O6 molecular formula
Tetraphosphorus hexoxide
4 moles of H3PO3 (phosphorous acid) out of 1 mole P4O6 and 6 H2O: very exothermic reaction, DDTAH!!
There is no central atom in P4O6. The molecule has a tetrahedron of P atoms where the P atoms are helf together by briding oxygen atoms.
The oxidation number of phosphorus in P4O6 is +3. This is because oxygen typically has an oxidation number of -2, and the overall charge of P4O6 is zero. Therefore, the four phosphorus atoms must have a combined oxidation number of +12 to balance out the -12 from the six oxygen atoms.
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It is a molecular (covalent) compound. Present day text books refer to a covalent compound as a molecular compound, as opposed to an ionic one.
Tetraphosphorus decaoxide. When a prefix ends in an a or o and the other starts in an a or o, the last vowel of the prefix is dropped to prevent the double vowel.