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What will be the hypridisation of P when PCl₅ undergoes thermal decomposition..!?

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Phosphorus penta chloride (PCl5) on heating decomposes to form Phosphorus trichloride (PCl3) and Chlorine gas.
PCl5 → PCl3 + Cl2

SP3d to SP3

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