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PCl5 is well known, but NCl5 is not. Be...

`PCl_5` is well known, but `NCl_5` is not. Because,

A

nitrogen is less reactive than phosphorous.

B

nitrogen doesn't have d-orbitals in its valence shell.

C

catenation tendency is weaker in nitrogen than phosphorous,

D

size of phosphorous is larger than nitrogen.

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Nitrogen do not have vacant d-orbitals so it do not expands it.s octet, while phosphorous have vacant 3d orbitals so it can expands it is octet.
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