The P Block Elements - Result Question 13

####13. Which of the following oxy-acids has the maximum number of hydrogens directly attached to phosphorus?

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(a) $H_4 P_2 O_7$

(b) $H_3 PO_2$

(c) $H_3 PO_3$

(d) $H_3 PO_4$

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Solution:

  1. (b)

(a)O=P(O)(O)OP(=O)(O)O

Pyrophosphoric acid

(b)

Hypophosphorous acid

(c) $H_3 PO_3 \quad \Rightarrow \quad \xrightarrow{\text{ II }} \xrightarrow{O}-OH$

Phosphorous acid

(d)

orthophosphoric acid



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