A partially completed Lewis diagram for NF₃ is shown: nitrogen is single-bonded to…

CHEMISTRY · Subjective · A Level · Chemistry · Bonding · Bonding

Problem

A partially completed Lewis diagram for NF₃ is shown: nitrogen is single-bonded to three fluorine atoms, nitrogen has one lone pair, and each fluorine has three lone pairs. Determine (i) the formal charge on the nitrogen atom in this diagram and (ii) whether the octet rule is satisfied for nitrogen; justify your answer with numerical electron counts.

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