4.45. Assertion: In PCl5, the axial bonds are slightly longer and hence slightly weaker than the equatorial bonds.
Reason: The axial bond pairs suffer more repulsive interaction from the equatorial bond pairs.
4.45. Assertion: In PCl5, the axial bonds are slightly longer and hence slightly weaker than the equatorial bonds.
Reason: The axial bond pairs suffer more repulsive interaction from the equatorial bond pairs.
4.45. (a) It should be noted that all the bond angles in trigonal bipyramidal geometry are not equivalent. In PCl5 the five sp3d orbitals of phosphorus overlap with the singly occupied
p orbitals of chlorine atoms to form five P–Cl sigma bonds. Three P–Cl bond lie in one plane and make an angle of 1
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