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ChemistryCHEMICAL BONDINGMiscellaneous/MixedEasy2 minPYQ_2020

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In case of nitrogen, $N C l_{3}$ is possible but not $N C l_{5}$ while in case of phosphorous, $P C l_{3}$ as well as $P C l_{5}$ are possible. It is due to

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${}_{7}N = 1 s^{2} 2 s^{2} 2 p^{3}; {}_{15}P = 1 s^{2} 2 s^{2} 2 p^{6} 3 s^{2} 3 p^{3}$

In phosphorous the 3d-orbitals are available. Hence phosphorus can form pentahalides also but nitrogen cannot form pentahalide due to absence of d-orbitals.

Stream:NTA_ABHYASSubject:ChemistryTopic:CHEMICAL BONDINGSubtopic:Miscellaneous/Mixed

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