Which of the following statements is not valid for oxoacids of phosphorus?
- Orthophosphoric acid is used in the manufacture of triple superphosphate.
- Hypophosphorous acid is a diprotic acid.
- All oxoacids contain tetrahedral four coordinated phosphorus.
- All oxoacids contain at least one P=O unit and one P-OH group.
Answer
(2) Hypophosphorous acid is a diprotic acid.
Solution
As per NCERT, in oxoacids of phosphorus, P is tetrahedrally surrounded by other atoms, every acid has at least one P=O and one P–OH bond, and only the H atoms attached to O (P–OH) are ionisable.
Hypophosphorous acid, H3PO2, has two P–H bonds and only one P–OH group.
it is monobasic (monoprotic), not diprotic.
statement (2) is not valid; (1) is valid since H3PO4 converts phosphate rock into triple superphosphate.
Answer: (2)