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Ananya Shree

Class 11th
Chemistry
2 years ago

Phosphorus pentachloride dissociates in the vapor phase as PCl5 ⇌ PCl4+ + Cl– The hybridization of P in PCl5 is sp3d. What is it in PCl4+?

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Muskan Anand

2 years ago

Phosphorus is sp3 hybridized in PCl4 since it is isostructural with NH4 which also has sp3 hybridization of Nitrogen.

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