Phosphorus forms a number of oxohalides, x3po, in which x may be a f, cl, or br atom. the most common of these, phosphoryl chloride, is obtained through the reaction 2pcl3(g)+o2(g)⟶2cl3po(g) draw the lewis structure for phosphoryl chloride. optimize formal charges.

Answer :  The Lewis-dot structure of is shown below.

Explanation :

Lewis-dot structure : It shows the bonding between the atoms of a molecule and it also shows the unpaired electrons present in the molecule.

In the Lewis-dot structure the valance electrons are shown by 'dot'.

The given molecule is,

As we know that chlorine has '7' valence electrons, phosphorous has '5' valence electrons and oxygen has '6' valence electrons.

Therefore, the total number of valence electrons in = 3(7) + 5 + 6 = 32

According to Lewis-dot structure, there are 10 number of bonding electrons and 22 number of non-bonding electrons.

Now we have to determine the formal charge for each atom.

Formula for formal charge :

Hence, the Lewis-dot structure of is shown below.

your answer would be “dry”