Basic Concepts of Inorganic Chemistry, 2nd Edition

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Group – 15 (V_A) N, P, As, Sb, Bi

Elements of this group are called Pnicogens. (Greek, pnigmos-suffocation, many compounds of the group elements have suffocating oduour, so this name). There is a transition from non-metal to metal.

Nitrogen and Bi do not show allotropy whereas P, As and Sb have allotropes.

 

Table 16.1

Note:

1. Nitrogen is diatomic gas, N₂ at NTP. It is due to very effective (p — p)π bonding in N₂.

   N 2s²2p³ i.e., three unpaired electrons in p — orbitals. There are one σ and two π bonds in N₂. Nitrogen is sp-hybridized.

   

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