Materials Data on PCl5 by Materials Project
PCl5 is beta Np structured and crystallizes in the tetragonal P4/n space group. The structure is zero-dimensional and consists of two [pcl4]+1 molecules and two PCl6 clusters. In each PCl6 cluster, P5+ is bonded in an octahedral geometry to six Cl1- atoms. There are a spread of P–Cl bond distances ranging from 2.16–2.20 Å. There are three inequivalent Cl1- sites. In the first Cl1- site, Cl1- is bonded in a single-bond geometry to one P5+ atom. In the second Cl1- site, Cl1- is bonded in a single-bond geometry to one P5+ atom. In the third Cl1- site, Cl1- is bonded in a single-bond geometry to one P5+ atom.