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Transcribed Image Text:In certain polar solvents, PCl, undergoes an
ionization reaction in which a Cl- ion leaves
one PCls molecule and attaches itself to
another. The products of the ionization are
PCI4+ and PClo. What is the formal charge on
the phosphorus (P) atom in PCI6 ?
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