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COMEDK · Chemistry · 4. Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure

Which of the following compound does not exists?

  1. A \(\mathrm{NCl}_3\)
  2. B \(\mathrm{NCl}_5\)
  3. C \(\mathrm{SbCl}_3\)
  4. D \(\mathrm{NI}_3\)
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(B) \(\mathrm{NCl}_5\)

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\(\mathrm{N}\) belongs to second period as it has no \(d\)-orbital. So, five pairs of bonding electrons around nitrogen is not possible. As a result \(\mathrm{NCl}_5\) does not exist.