The unusual quadruple bonding of nitrogen in ThN

Fei, ZJ; Wang, JQ; Tang, RL; Lu, YZ; Han, CC; Wang, YT; Hong, J; Dong, CW; Hu, HS; Xiong, XG; Ning, CA; Liu, HT; Li, J

Liu, HT (通讯作者),Chinese Acad Sci, Shanghai Inst Appl Phys, Key Lab Interfacial Phys & Technol, Shanghai 201800, Peoples R China.;Ning, CA (通讯作者),Tsinghua Univ, Collaborat Innovat Ctr Quantum Matter, Dept Phys, State Key Lab Low Dimens Quantum Phys, Beijing 100084, Peoples R China.;Xiong, XG (通讯作者),Sun Yat Sen Univ, Sino French Inst Nucl Engn & Technol, Zhuhai 519082, Peoples R China.

NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, 2023; 14 (1):

Abstract

Nitrogen has five valence electrons and can form a maximum of three shared electron-pair bonds to complete its octet, which suggests that its maximum ......

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