During the conversion of $PCl_3$ to $PCl_5$,the hybridisation of the $P$ atom changes from .......

  • A
    $sp^2 \to sp^3$
  • B
    $sp^3 \to sp^2$
  • C
    $sp^3 \to sp^3d$
  • D
    $sp^3 \to dsp^2$

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