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PCl 5 is well known, but NCl 5 is not. Because,

  1. nitrogen is less reactive than phosphorous
  2. nitrogen doesn’t have d-orbitals in its valence shell.
  3. catenation tendency is weaker in nitrogen than phosphorous.
  4. size of phosphorous is larger than nitrogen

Correct answer: nitrogen doesn’t have d-orbitals in its valence shell.

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