MCQ
Phosphorus pentachloride in the solid exists as
  • A
    $PCl_5$
  • B
    $PCl^+_4Cl^-$
  • $PCl^+_4 PCl^-_6$
  • D
    $PCl_5.Cl_2$

Answer

Correct option: C.
$PCl^+_4 PCl^-_6$
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phosphorus pentachloride in its solid state is a pale yellow crystalline pungent smell. in solid state, it exists as ionic solid $\left[ PCl _4\right]^{+}\left[ PCl _6\right]^{-}$, in which cation is tetrahedral and the anion is octahedral

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