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White phosphorous is heated with excess of dry chlorine to get X. X on hydrolysis finally forms an oxoacid of phosphorous Y. What are X and Y?
What is the basicity of the acid ?

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X is `PCl_(5)`
Y is `H_(3)PO_(4)`
Basicity of Y is 3.
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