Browse by Stream
QnA
Home
QnA
Go To Your Study Dashboard

Get Answers to all your Questions

header-bg qa
  • Home
  • Engineering
  • is well known, but <img alt="\mathrm{NCl_{5}}" src="https://entrancecorner.oncodecogs

\mathrm{PCl_{5}} is well known, but \mathrm{NCl_{5}} is not. Because,

Option: 1

nitrogen is less reactive than phosphorous.


Option: 2

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


Option: 3

catenation tendency is weaker in nitrogen than phosphorous.


Option: 4

size of phosphorous is larger than nitrogen.


Answers (1)

best_answer

\mathrm{PCl}_{5} well known, but \mathrm{NCl}_{5} is not because nitrogen doesn't have d-orbitals in its valence shell. So nitrogen cannot make 5 bonds and cannot expand its octet.

Option (2) is correct.

Posted by

manish

View full answer

JEE Main high-scoring chapters and topics

Study 40% syllabus and score up to 100% marks in JEE

Similar Questions

Trending Articles/News

anam-khan

JEE Main 2025: 11 from Kota coaching centres among 24 students with 100 percentile
anam-khan

Low JEE Main rank? Explore alternative paths for engineering admission
anam-khan

Gender-gap in JEE Main 2025: Female participation remains around 31%, overall pool drops by 7.09%

Latest Question