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(a) Draw a set of resonance structures for the hypothetical molecule PH5, ensuring that P...

(a) Draw a set of resonance structures for the hypothetical molecule PH5, ensuring that P obeys the octet rule in each structure. Assume a structure analogous to that of PF5.


(b) To what point group does PH5 belong?


(c)     Using PH5 as a model compound, use a ligand group orbital approach to describe the bonding in PH5. Show clearly how you derive the symmetries of both the P atomic orbitals, and the LGOs of the TT5 fragment.

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