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Question
Draw structure and write geometry of PCl3 and PCl5.
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Solution
a)
Pyramidal structure of PCl3
Geometry of PCl3 : Pyramidal
b)
Bipyramidal structure of PCl5
Geometry of PCl5 : Trigonal bipyramidal
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