Why KHF2 exists  but KHCl2 does not ?

due to small size of K it does not form KHcl2 and as fluorine is smaller it exist as KHf2.
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Fluorine ion by a process of hydrogen bonding forms the anion [HF2]-. This tendency is missing with other halides for lack of possibility of such strong intermolecular attraction. F is much more electronegative than Cl hence has much stronger hydrogen bonding, which stabilizes the structure with anion F-. A mixture of molten KF and HF is hence chemically K+ [HF2]- and is used in moisson method to extract F2 which was chemically almost impossible. Further, [HF2]- involves strongest symmetric 3c-4e hydrogen bonding. Note- H2F2 exists as dimeric molecule due to H–bonding and thus shows dibasic nature. Hence it gives two series of salts KHF2 and KF.
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😊F is more electronegative than Cl hence has much stronger hydrogen bonding which stabilizes the structure with F......
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Khf2 exists but kncl2 is not found
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KHF2 exist but KHCL2 does not
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