Sodium azide is a shock-sensitive compound that releases N 2 upon physical impact. The compound is used

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Sodium azide is a shock-sensitive compound that releases N2 upon physical impact. The compound is used in automobile airbags. The azide ion is N3-

(a) Draw the Lewis structure of the azide ion that minimizes formal charge (it does not form a triangle). Is it linear or bent? 

(b) State the hybridization of the central N atom in the azide ion. 

(c) How many σ bonds and how many π bonds does the central nitrogen atom make in the azide ion?

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Chemistry The Central Science

ISBN: 978-0134414232

14th Edition

Authors: Theodore Brown, H. LeMay, Bruce Bursten, Catherine Murphy, Patrick Woodward, Matthew Stoltzfus

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