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explain why PCl5 is trigonal bipyramidal whereas IF5 is square pyramidal ?​

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PCl5 has a shape of trigonal bipyramidal whereas IF5 has the shape of a square pyramid. It is due to. ... presence of an unshared electron pair on I which is oriented so as to minimise the repulsion while in P in PCl5 has no unshared pair.

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