Can nitrogen be a pentavalent..?? How..??
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Nitrogen can't be pentavalent in resonance structures because of arbitrary restrictions that say that nitrogen must always follow the octet rule, but phosphorus need not follow that rule. But nitrogen can have oxidation states up to +5, and is pentavalent in nitric acid.
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no , nitrogen can't be pentavalent as it is of second period and cannot violate the octet rule
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