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In the gas phase PCl5 exists as individual molecules but in the solid it takes on the ionic structure PCl4+PCl6. What are the geometries of these three species?

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a

 PCI5PCl4+PCl6
(b)trigonal  bipyramidaltetrahedraloctahedral

 

b

 PCI5PCl4+PCl6
(c)trigonal bipyramidalsquare planardistorted octahedral

 

 

c

 PCI5PCl4+PCl6
(d)square pyramidalsee-sawsquare planar

d

 PCI5PCl4+PCl6
(a)trigonal pyramidalsee-sawoctahedral

answer is B.

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Detailed Solution

It is an ionic solid called [PC14]+[PCl16] in the solid state.[PCl4]+ is a tetrahedral, sp3 hybridised cation. Octahedral and sp3d2 hybridised, PClis an anion.

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