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COMEDK · Chemistry · 4. Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure

The \(\mathrm{P}-\mathrm{O}\) bond order in \(\mathrm{PO}_4^{3-}\) is

  1. A 1
  2. B 1.5
  3. C 1.45
  4. D 1.25
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(D) 1.25

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The structure of \(\mathrm{PO}_4^{3-}\) is \[ \begin{aligned} \text { Bond order } & =\frac{\text { Number of bonds }}{\text { Number of resonating structure }} \\ & =\frac{5}{4}=1.25 \end{aligned} \]