Question #3bfd4

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May 10, 2017

Phosphine is an analogue of ammonia...........

Explanation:

And thus to a first approximation it is "trigonal pyramidal"trigonal pyramidal.

The experimental /_H-P-H=93.5^@HPH=93.5, which is SMALLER than the corresponding angle in ammonia, /_H-N-H=105^@HNH=105, and hard to rationalize on simple grounds of VESPER. You should buttonhole your prof for his rationale. (And repost his account here!)