7.48 Why does nitrogen show catenation properties less than phosphorus?

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Catenation is the bonding of atoms of the same element into a series to form a chain. Catenation is much more common in phosphorous compounds than in nitrogen compounds.

This is because of the relative weakness of the NN single bond as compared to the PP single bond. Since nitrogen atom is smalle

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