Are all the five bonds of PCl5 equivalent? Justify your answer.

PCl₅ has Sp³ hybridisation and trigonal bipiramidal geometry. PCl₅ has three equivalent equatorial and two equivalent axial P – Cl bonds. However, due to greater bond pair – bond pair repulsions, the axial P – Cl bonds are longer and hence different from the three equatorial bonds

Halides of Nitrogen Family: