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Pentagonal planar molecular geometry

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Pentagonal planar molecular geometry
Examples[XeF5]
Point groupD5h
Coordination number5
Bond angle(s)72°
μ (Polarity)0

In chemistry, the pentagonal planar molecular geometry describes the shape of compounds where five atoms, groups of atoms, or ligands are arranged around a central atom, defining the vertices of a pentagon.

AX5E2

Examples

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The only two pentagonal planar species known are the isoelectronic (nine valence electrons) ions [XeF5] (pentafluoroxenate(IV)) and [IF5]2− (pentafluoroiodate(III)).[1] Both are derived from the pentagonal bipyramid with two lone pairs occupying the apical positions and the five fluorine atoms all equatorial.

References

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  1. ^ Housecroft, C. E.; Sharpe, A. G. (2004). Inorganic Chemistry (2nd ed.). Prentice Hall. p. 498. ISBN 978-0130399137.