Question: (a) Both PCI3 and PCI5 are stable compounds. Draw Lewis structures for these two compounds. (b) NCI3 is a known compound, but all attempts to

(a) Both PCI3 and PCI5 are stable compounds. Draw Lewis structures for these two compounds.
(b) NCI3 is a known compound, but all attempts to synthesize NCI5 have failed. Draw Lewis structures for NCI3 and a hypothetical NCl5, and explain why NCl5 is an unlikely structure.

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