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CIF3 exists but FCl3 does not exist. Why...

`CIF_3` exists but `FCl_3` does not exist. Why?

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Chlorine can accommodate three small sized F atoms around it but small sized Fatom cannot accommodate three big sized Cl atoms around it. Moreover, fluorine cannot exhibit valency more than one due to the absence of vacant d-orbitals
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