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Expanded octet can be observed in the valence shell of central atom in

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In PCl5, in atomic state P has 5 valence electrons. On sharing 5 electrons with 5Cl atoms, P has total 10 electrons in it's valence shell. As P has more than 8 electrons in valence shell, it is called extended octet.

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