JEE Advanced 2007 Chemistry question

The percentage of p-character in the orbitals forming P–P bonds in is

Answer: (D)

Solution

In each phosphorus atom is bonded to three others and carries one lone pair: four electron domains, so it is taken as hybridised.

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