Can anyone explain to me why sulfur and phosphorus can sometimes have more than four electron pairs in atomic or covalent bonds?
It's about the topic of atomic bonding. I'm currently reading the textbook at that point. Although phosphorus is in the 5th main group and would therefore need a maximum of 3 atomic bonds to fulfill the octet rule, and sulfur in the 6th main group needs 2 atomic bonds to fulfill the octet rule, both…