The PCl5 molecule has trigonal bipyramidal structure Therefore the hybridization of p orbitals shoul...........

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The PCl5 molecule has trigonal bipyramidal structure. Therefore, the hybridization of p orbitals should be

sp2

sp3

dsp2

dsp3

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Explanation:

The P atom needs five orbitals to form the five P-Cl bonds. It has a 3s and three 3p orbitals, so it must use one of its 3d orbitals to form the fifth bond. These orbitals are hybridized to form fivesp3d orbitals that just happen to point in the right directions to form a trigonal bipyramid.