Bond angel in PH4+ is higher than PH3 why?
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PH3 (Phosphine) is a hydride of Phosphorus. Phosphine is a gas and has pyramidal structure. Phosphorus involved is sp3 hybridized.Now both PH4+ and PH3 have sp3 hybridization state for phosphorous .In PH4+,all the four orbitals are bonded, whereas in PH3,there is a lone pair of electrons on Phosphorous .In PH4+, the HPH bond angle is tetrahedral angle of 109.5°.But in PH3
,lone pair- bond pair repulsion is more than bond pair-bond pair
repulsion so that bond angles become less than normal tetrahedral angle
.The bond angle in PH3 is about 93.6°.
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Hybridizations of ph4+
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