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Give chemical reaction in support of the statement that all the bonds in `PCl` molecule are not equivalent.

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Due to greater bond pair-bond repulsions, the two axial P-Cl bonds are less stable than the three equatorial P-Cl bonds. It is because of this reason tht when `PCl_(5)` is heated, the less stable axial bonds are broken to form `PCl_(3)` and `Cl_(2)`.
`PCl_(5)overset(Delta)toPCl_(3)+Cl`
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