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PCI(5) exists but NCI(5) does not becaus...

`PCI_(5)` exists but `NCI_(5)` does not because

A

Nitrogen has no vacant orbitals

B

`NCl_(5)` is unstable

C

Nitrogen atom is much smaller

D

Nitrogen is highly inert

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`d`-orbitals are absent in nitrogen.
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