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Why phosphorus forms pcl5 whereas nitrogen does not form ncl5?

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Answered by BigSmoke
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The phosphorus forms PCl5 due to the vacant d- orbital and nitrogen doesn't form it because it doesn't have any vacant d- orbital and this it can't increase its degeneracy.

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