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Axial and equatorial lone pairs in trigonal bipyramidal geometry experience different steric repulsion.
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Is it true that axial and equatorial lone pairs in trigonal bipyramidal geometry experience different steric repulsion?
Yes. According to VSEPR theory, axial and equatorial positions in trigonal bipyramidal geometry experience different steric pressures because axial positions have more close 90-degree neighboring interactions.
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Wikipedia: Trigonal bipyramidal molecular geometry. (n.d.). Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trigonal_bipyramidal_molecular_geometry
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Discusses Pauli exclusion principle repulsions explaining bond length differences in trigonal-bipyramidal molecules.
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OpenAIRE: BOND LENGTHS AND BOND ANGLES IN OCTAHEDRAL, TRIGONAL- BIPYRAMIDAL, AND RELATED MOLECULES OF THE NON-TRANSITION ELEMENTS. (1961). OpenAIRE. https://doi.org/10.1139/v61-037
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