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Explain why phosphorus form pf5 where is nitrogen does not form any five

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Answered by ad410635
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Nitrogen and phosphorus both have 5 electrons in their outermost shell. So they need 3 electron to complete their octet. So NF3 and PF3 exist and both nitrogen and phosphorus show the covalency of 3. 

But Nitrogen does not have vacant d orbitals but phosphorus has empty 3d orbital. So it can accept more electrons and can increase its covalency to 5 to make PF5. 

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