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bond angle in PH4 is higher than that in PH3 ?

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Answered by lok4
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P in both PH3 and PH4+ is hybridized. ... But PH3 has three bond pairs and one lone pair around P. Due to greater lone pair-bond pair repulsion than bond pair-bond pair repulsion, the tetrahedral angle decreases from 109? 28' to 93.6?. As a result, PH3 is pyramidal.
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