consider a molecule PCl3F2 here F is more electronegetive than Cl, which of them should occupy axial position??when i searched on internet i found these two images , they increased my confusion instead of solving my problem.can anyone breifly explain me the which one would be on axial position(F or Cl).
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also http://chemistry.stackexchange.com/questions/45058/in-pcl2f3-why-are-two-cl-atoms-not-on-axial-position – orthocresol Sep 13 '16 at 14:17
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http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ic50022a021?src=recsys – DavePhD Sep 13 '16 at 14:29