Chlorine has some empty area in the d orbital which is why it can show an oxidation state of +3. Fluorine has no vacancy in the d orbital, it cannot show a good oxidation state. Fluorine shows only -1 state of oxidation. So FCl3 does not exist.
Give the reason to explain why ClF3 exists but FCl3 does not exist.
Give the reason to explain why ClF3 exists but FCl3 does not exist.