PCl5 exists but NCl5 does not because

Question

PCl5 exists but NCl5 does not because (A) nitrogen has no vacant d-orbitals (B) NCl5 is unstable (C) nitrogen atom is much smaller (D) nitrogen is highly inert

Tardigrade Admin · Accepted Answer

Due to non availability of d-orbitals in nitrogen, it does not form NCl5.

Q. $PC l_{5}$ exists but $NC l_{5}$ does not because

nitrogen has no vacant $d$ -orbitals

$NC l_{5}$ is unstable

nitrogen atom is much smaller

nitrogen is highly inert

Due to non availability of d-orbitals in nitrogen, it does not form $NC l_{5} .$

Q. PCl5​ exists but NCl5​ does not because

nitrogen has no vacant d-orbitals

NCl5​ is unstable