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in equivalent positions. Examples of this molecular geometry are phosphorus pentafluoride , and phosphorus pentachloride in the gas phase.

Axial (or apical) and equatorial positions

The five atoms bonded to the central atom are not all equivalent, and two different types of position are defined. For phosphorus pentachloride as an example, the phosphorus atom shares a plane with

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