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Which of the following set of properties belong to PCl5 ?
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Q. Which of the following set of properties belong to $ PCl_{5} $ ?
J & K CET
J & K CET 2006
Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure
A
$ sp^{3}, $ tetrahedral, 4 valence shell pairs of electrons
14%
B
trigonal bipyramidal, 5 valence shell pairs of electrons
64%
C
$ sp^{3}d^{2}, $ octahedral, 6 valence shell pairs of electrons
17%
D
$ sp^{3}d, $ square planar, 4 valence shell pairs of electrons
5%
Solution:
$ PCl_{5} $ molecule has $ sp^{3}d $ hybridisation. Its geometry is trigonal bipyramidal and it has $5$ valence shell pairs of electrons.