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Ananya Shree

Class 12th
Chemistry
2 years ago

Why does R3P=0 exist but R3N=0 does not ?

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Muskan Anand

2 years ago

Due to the absence of d-orbitals, N cannot expand its covalence beyond four. In R3N=0R3N=0, N should have a covalence of 5 so the compound R3N=0R3N=0 does not exist since maximum covalence shown by N cannot exceed 4.

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