PCl5 is well known, but NCl5 is not. because,

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PCl₅ is well known, but NCl₅ is not. because,

nitrogen is less reactive than phosphorus.

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

catenation tendency is weaker in nitrogen than phosphorus.

size of phosphorus is larger than nitrogen.

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