PCl5 is wildly used as a cyclizating agent becase it is more reactive than PCl3.
The central atom of PCl5 is P. In this case, phosphorous has an sp3d hybridization. It is connected to 5 other atoms, one more than the 4 for sp3 hybridization.
PCL5 is formed two types of P-CL bond, equitorial and axial bonds. The axial bonds suffer more repulsion than the equitorial bonds, and they can easily break, which makes PCL5 unstable. SF6 is largely inert due to steric hindrance.
The fact that NCl5 does not exist might come into play. Think about it. NCl5 does not exist
Plutonium is more reactive than Cesium.
PCl5 is wildly used as a cyclizating agent becase it is more reactive than PCl3.
The central atom of PCl5 is P. In this case, phosphorous has an sp3d hybridization. It is connected to 5 other atoms, one more than the 4 for sp3 hybridization.
PCL5 is formed two types of P-CL bond, equitorial and axial bonds. The axial bonds suffer more repulsion than the equitorial bonds, and they can easily break, which makes PCL5 unstable. SF6 is largely inert due to steric hindrance.
The fact that NCl5 does not exist might come into play. Think about it. NCl5 does not exist
NCl5 does not exist bcoz nitrogen atom does not have d-orbitals to accomodate electrons from chlorine atoms and nitrogen cant accomodate more than 8 electrons in its valence shell. so its covalency exists only upto four.... pcl5 exists bcoz phosphorus atom has vacant d orbitals to accomodate electrons and thus pcl5 exists
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