Chemistry, asked by learningscholar, 1 year ago

why does PCl5 exist but NCl5 does not?

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-PCl5 is formed by the overlap of d orbitals of Phosphorous atom.

-But Nitrogen is a 2 group element and does not have any vacant d orbitals which are present in P.

Thus PCl5 can exist but NCl5 cannot due to the absence of d orbitals in N atom which are required for the formation of NCl5.

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