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plx help!!!!

In PCl5, why can't the 4s orbitals be used in the "hybirdization"? Why is the hybridization of P in the compound as sp3d, but not s2p3( using a 3s, a 4s, 3 3p orbitals)?

What is mean by the statement: there is a conflict between 3s and 4s in the hybridization?

thx

Suggested move....

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Shouldn't this be at 'Trigonal Bipyramidal molecular geometry'? Chris (talk) 22:57, 19 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

P.S. Not sure about the infobox either.

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Some of the links at the bottom are broken. Yuenho (talk) 04:44, 19 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Angles

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Is 180 supposed to be one of the angles? JustWeamy (talk) 09:51, 1 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Opinions differ on whether to include the 180° angle, which refers to the angle between the two axial bonds. Many authors exclude 180° and consider only the angles between "nearest-neighbor" bonds which are 90° and 120°. For example Housecroft + Sharpe, Inorganic Chemistry 2nd ed. p.46; Miessler and Tarr, Inorganic Chemistry p.56; Petrucci et al. General Chemistry 8th ed. p.413. But some do add 180° because there are two (axial) bonds separated by that angle. For example, Whitten et al. General Chemistry 4th ed. p.301.
Also the same difference of opinion occurs for the octahedral molecular geometry, for which most authors just include 90° but some such as Whitten add 180°. Dirac66 (talk) 01:48, 2 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Seemingly another example of this with nitrogen and gold.

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Not a chemist, but read an article mentioning this molecular geometry in a compound made from Tetrakis.

https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg12617182-600-science-the-nitrogen-molecule-that-shouldnt-exist/ https://www.nature.com/articles/345140a0 Alwaysbelieveinyoursoul (talk) 02:28, 13 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]