In a structure containing a pentacoordinate phosphorus atom, the bonds to three of the

Chapter 6, Problem 6.52

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In a structure containing a pentacoordinate phosphorus atom, the bonds to three of the groups bound to phosphorus (called equatorial groups) lie in a plane containing the phosphorus atom (shaded in the following structure), and the bonds to the other two groups (called axial groups) are perpendicular to this plane: Is this compound chiral? Explain.

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