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Chlorine reacts with hot red phosphorus to give:

A
PCl2
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PCl3
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PCl4
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D
PCl5
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Solution

The correct options are
B PCl3
D PCl5
Phosphorus trichloride is produced when limited supply of chlorine reacts with hot red phosphorus and with the excess amount of chlorine, it produce phosphorus pentachloride.
2P+3Cl2 2PCl3
2P+5Cl2 2PCl5

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