Phosphorus forms more than one chloride. In phosphorus(V) chloride, PCl5, the phosphorus atom is at the centre and is joined to five chlorine atoms, each by a single covalent bond.
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🧭Modelled on Cambridge 9701 · May/Jun 2026 · Paper 21 · Q1(a)(ii)