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Oxides of phosphorus have cage like and not open structures. Explain.

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Multiple bonding is not possible in phosphorus atoms due to its large size but instead it forms single bonds and in the molecular form, phosphorus exists as `P_(4)`. Its oxides `(P_(4)O_(6) " and " P_(4)O_(10))` are expected to have cage like structures because `P_(4)` molecule has also similar structures.
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