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I would like to draw a white phosphorus in my note but I cannot figure it out even with the manual. Could you please help me? Thank you very much.

some one
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  • Please clarify your specific problem or provide additional details to highlight exactly what you need. As it's currently written, it's hard to tell exactly what you're asking. – Community Jan 05 '22 at 13:31
  • Welcome to TeX.SE!!! I don't know how you need to draw the molecule, but this post could be a start: https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/622021/silica-and-alumina-polyhedrons-using-tikz – Juan Castaño Jan 05 '22 at 13:33

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If you are looking for a simple Lewis structure of white phosphorus, the following might be satisfactory. I have used the chemfig package.

\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage{chemfig}
\begin{document}
\chemfig[cram width=3pt]{P?[a]-[:60,2]P?[b]-[:-60,2]P?[a]<[:150]P?[a,{<}]?[b,{<}]}
\end{document}

enter image description here

Rastow
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  • Thanks a lot. I have a question is that what is the 2 means in [:60,2] – some one Jan 06 '22 at 07:40
  • It increases the bond length. The value 2 causes the interatomic distance to be twice the default distance. I included it so the bond going to the out of plane Phosphorus would be smaller than the other ones. I should add that the tetrahedron is in no way perfect. The values for angles and bond lengths were adjusted by trial and error. – Rastow Jan 17 '22 at 14:32