2006-12-14 22:52:25 · 3 answers · asked by slick 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Nitrogen has SP3 hybridization and 5 electrons in it's outermost orbitals. These five are generally aranged into a lone pair and 3 single pairs. It is usually the single pairs that makes bonds. Also, since all atoms are looking for 8 electrons in their outer orbital (weather they're theirs, stolen from another atom, or shared in a bond), and since nitrogen already has 5, it would only want three more.
So, Nitrogen could have eigther 3 single bonds, 1 double bond and 1 single bond, or a tripple bond.
2006-12-14 23:15:38 · answer #1 · answered by George B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nitrogen has 5 electrons on its valence shell. So, in covalent binding it can either make a triple bound , asingle boud and a double bound , or three single bounds
2006-12-14 23:35:25 · answer #2 · answered by maussy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they form triple bonds
2006-12-14 23:05:48 · answer #3 · answered by pigley 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋