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In a chemical change from PCl3 PCl5 the hybrid state of P changes from :


A

sp2 to sp3

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sp3 to sp2

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C

sp3 to sp3d

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sp3 to dsp2

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Solution

The correct option is C

sp3 to sp3d


PCl3 has sp3 with lone pair of electrons and PCl5 has sp3d hybridisation


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