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Why solid PCl5 is ionic in nature?

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Answered by Nisha012
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PCl5 exists in ionic state in solids. The reason being that it does not exists simply as a PCl5 molecule. Rather it forms two complex compounds:-
1. PCl4+ 
2. PCl6-
So it exists as an ionic compound with formula [PCl4]+[PCl6]-.

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