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Why phosphorus has more tendency for catenation than nitrogen?

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Answered by kundanchandravanshi
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the N-N single bond is very weak. This is why Phosphorus can catenatewhile Nitrogen can't. ... As nitrogenatom is smaller, there is greater repulsion of electron density of twonitrogen atoms , which in turn weaken the N–N single bond and decreases the tendency of nitrogen to showcatenation

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