why nitrogen does not form PCL5
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Answer:nitrogen has no d orbitals like phosphorus to increase its oxidation state to +5,that's why they can't produce pcl5 like ncl5.
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Nitrogen does not form pentachloride, because it doesn't possess d-orbital. ... Since nitrogen has no d-orbital it cannot undergo sp3d hybridisation and hence cannot form pentahalides.
But, there are two electrons of Phosphorus which do not participate in bond formation. ... Phosphorus pentachloride is a special compound because, in formation of the PCl5 molecule, the phosphorus atom violates the octet rule, and accomodates 10 electrons in its valence shell.
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