Though nitrrogen forms pentoxide but it does not form pentachloride. Expalin. Why?

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Nitrogen does not form pentachloride because it does not possess d-orbitals. Nitrogen has the electronic configuration as 1s²2s²3p³.
Thus, its valence shell has s and p orbitals only. There are only three orbitals that are available for bonding and the second shell can hold a maximum of only eight electrons.

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