Pentagonal bipyramidal molecular geometry | |
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Examples | IF7 |
Point group | D5h |
Steric number | 7 |
Coordination number | 7 |
Bond angle(s) | 72°, 90° |
μ (Polarity) | 0 |
In chemistry, a pentagonal bipyramid (or dipyramid) is a molecular geometry with one atom at the centre with seven ligands at the corners of a pentagonal dipyramid. A perfect pentagonal bipyramid belongs to the molecular point group D5h.
The pentagonal bipyramid is a case where bond angles surrounding an atom are not identical (see also trigonal bipyramidal molecular geometry). Other seven coordinate geometries include the mono-capped octahedron and mono-capped trigonal prism. A variety of transition metal complexes adopt heptacoordination, but the symmetry is usually lower than D5h.