Stanton D. answered 11/20/13
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asked 02/10/13WHAT IS THE Covalent bond for nitrogen and flouride with the work with
Stanton D. answered 11/20/13
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Dick B. answered 02/10/13
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Can you clarify the question?
Patrick S. answered 08/09/13
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I am guessing that this is a Lewis Structure question... There will be a double bond between N and F. One of F's valence electrons is "donated" to N, (I think the convention is to draw an "X" through the F electron and an arrow leading to the position of N to which it was moved) then you are able to represent the second bond.
As Dick B. commented, the formation of an NF molecule is highly unlikely due to the electronegativity of Fluorine. So, this structure is strictly hypothetical.
Dick B.
I suppose you could create a Lewis structure for a hypothetical NF molecule, but that's about as likely (probably less so) as an O8 molecule.
Fluorine is too electronegative to donate any electrons to anything. If you could somehow make an NF species, it would likely be a radical, and would combine with the next thing it sees. Just as likely, it would break apart, and reform the elements N2 and F2.
08/10/13
Patrick S.
I suppose that I should have used another term rather than "donate." I was just attempting to provide the answer for what I believed to be the question that was being asked. I am assuming that the person asking the question had these two elements' hypothetical molecule as part of a Lewis Structure assignment. That being said, I agree with your comment.
I do not understand why textbooks/instructors would ask such a question. On the other hand, they probably just wanted to provide a scenario wherein the student must manipulate the valence electrons as they are in the hypothetical NF molecule.
08/17/13
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Dick B.
Sorry. I should have put this in the comments.
02/10/13