Bond angle in PH4+ is higher than that in PH3. Why
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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°....
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