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Why does PH3 has an exceptional bond angle of 93.5?

Sana , 7 Years ago

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Arun

Drago’s rule is basically a rule of hybridisation.

Conditions for dragos rule:

i.) no. of sigma bonds+ l.p.=4

ii.) the central atom must belong to 3rd, 4^th, 5^th or 6^th group(not to 2nd)

iii.) the electronegativity of central atom must be $\leq$ 2.5

iv.) Atleast 1 lone pair must be there on central atom.

if these conditions are fulfilled then the compound follows dragos rule, which says that there will be bo need to consider hybridisation.

drago’s suggested an empirical formula, which said that, in these cases, the bond angle is exceptionally small approx. 90~94 degree.And this is the reason why PH₃has an exception bond angle of 93.5 degree

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Rajdeep

HELLO THERE!!

From the Lewis Structure of PH₃, we get its hybridisation to be sp³. Basically it has three bond pairs and one lone pair on P. However, since it matches the conditions of Drago’s Rule, it is a Drago Molecule and Drago Molecules do not have any hybridisation and have less bond angles. PH₃ does not have any hybridisation because it’s bond formation is due to the overlapping of pure p-orbitals.

Now, if you study the reason of having less bond angle from the core:

PH₃ has a Pyramidal shape. Since it has a lone pair, it suffers Lone pair-bond pair (LP-BP) repulsion, and LP-BP repulsion always leads to a decrease in bond angle. However, the bond angle after LP-BP repulsion is indeed greater than the bond angles of Drago molecules. So, being a Drago molecule, PH₃ has exceptionally small bond angle.

THANKS!

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