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In certain polar solvents PCl5 undergoes an ionisation reaction in which Cl- ion leaves one PCl5 molecule and attaches itself to another.

2 PCl 5 PCl 4 + + PCl 6 -

Number of lone pairs around phosphorus in PCl5, PCl 4 +  and  PCl 6 -  are respectively

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Complexes ML5 of metals Ni and Fe have ideal square pyramidal and trigonal bipyramidal geometries, respectively. The sum of the 90o,120o and 180o L-M-L angles in the two complexes is_______
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