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Grade 11Mechanics

why are axial bonds longer than equatorial bonds?plz give me the answer of this quetion quickly

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7 Years agoGrade 11
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7 Years ago
In trigonal bipyramidal geometry, axial bonds have more p character than equatorial so axial bond lengths are longer but in pentagonal bipyramidal geometry axial bonds are shorter than equatorial bonds