:Talk:Nitrogen pentafluoride
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3d shell?
It seems the structure above (replace P with N) will be stabler. --MakecatTalk 06:44, 25 July 2012 (UTC)
:Maybe the MO diagram on p.57 of ref1 can describe it better. --MakecatTalk 06:50, 25 July 2012 (UTC)
::Also, I thought d-orbital hybridization doesn't actually contribute anything significant to bonding in hypervalent molecules? Double sharp (talk) 04:43, 7 December 2012 (UTC)
On this topic 122.162.2.215 also asked: " nitrogen does not have a 3D orbital. So how does it expands its orbitals to from a 4th n a 5th bond?"
:This "lack" of orbital could explain why this molecule does exist. However Nitrogen does have a 3D orbital, it is empty and of higher energy, so likely cannot be used in a low energy molecule. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 20:19, 3 December 2013 (UTC)