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7.14  Why does nitrogen show catenation properties less than phosphorus?

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The single N-N bond in nitrogen is weaker than the single P-P bond because of high interelectronic repulsion of the non-bonding electrons in N_{2}, due to the small bond length. Therefor,  the catenation tendency is weaker in nitrogen.

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