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Phosphorus reacts with chlorine to form PCl3, phosphorus trichloride PCl5, phosphorus pentachloride P2Cl4 , diphosphorus tetrachloride
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Its structure is Trigonal bipyramidal, 3 chlorine are arranged in a plane around the phosphorus having the angles of 120o and 2 chlorine are attached at above and below the triangular plane having the angles of 90o
In phosphorus trihydride there are four atoms. 1 x phosphorus and 3 x hydrogen. 1 + 3 = 4
It would be Phosphorus (P) and chlorine (Cl).
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The oxidation no of phosphorus is +3 and that of chlorine is -1.
chlorine is the smallest in size. The order of atomic size is chlorine < sulphur < phosphorus < silicon.
An example is phosphorus trichloride, PCl3.
Chlorine.
Chlorine
2P + 5Cl2 -> 2PCL5
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Phosphorus reacts with chlorine to form PCl3, phosphorus trichloride PCl5, phosphorus pentachloride P2Cl4 , diphosphorus tetrachloride
It produces chlorine as it's toxic gas.
The bond between phosphorus and fluorine atoms is more polar than the bond between phosphorus and chlorine atoms.