Chemistry, asked by Nehasri1276, 1 year ago

Why nitrogen cannot form ncl5 and but phosphorus can form pcl5?

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Answered by anmol6433
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Nitrogen is exceptionally small in size as compared to other group 15 elements. Besides, nitrogen has no d orbital to accomodate more than 3 electrons.

For forming five covalent bonds , central atom should do sp3d hybridization.

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