11. Bonding & Molecular Structure

Determine the Lewis Dot Structure for the following acid:H₂SO₄

Determine the Lewis Dot Structure for hydrocyanic acid:HCN

Determine the Lewis Dot Structure for chloric acid:HClO₃

Determine the Lewis Dot Structure for phosophoric acid:H₃PO₄

There are many Lewis structures you could draw for sulfuric acid, H₂SO₄ (each H is bonded to an O). (a) What Lewis structure(s) would you draw to satisfy the octet rule?

A common form of elemental phosphorus is the tetrahedral P₄ molecule, where all four phosphorus atoms are equivalent: 

Draw a Lewis structure for a linear P₄ molecule that satisfies the octet rule. Does this molecule have resonance structures?

A common form of elemental phosphorus is the tetrahedral P₄ molecule, where all four phosphorus atoms are equivalent: 

(b) How many P-P bonds are there in the molecule?

Draw the Lewis structure for each compound. c. H₃AsO₄