Question

In JEE 2001 , PCl5 is considered with hybridisation as dsp3 but according to google its hybridisation is sp3d , Is NTA wrong or Google wrong?​

Answer 1

Answer:

sp3d is the correct one according to the new syllabus.

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Answer 2

Explanation:

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=Neither NTA nor Google is wrong as the HYBRIDIZATION OF PCl5 is absolutely sp³d

In 2001 the paper is set by IIT not NTA that was JEE exam so dsp³ and sp³d is same.

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=VSEPR theory predicts that PCl5 should have a trigonal bipyramidal structure, which corresponds to an sp3d hybridization.