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Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure — Chemistry STD 11 Science — Question

Rajasthan BoardEnglish MediumSTD 11 ScienceChemistryChemical Bonding and Molecular Structure1 Mark
Question
Explain why PCl5 is trigonal bipyramidal whereas IF5 is square pyramidal.
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Answer

PCl5 The ground state and the excited state outer electronic configurations of phosphorus (Z = 15) are represented below:

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