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The nitrogen containing compound produced in the reaction of HNO₃ with P₄O₁₀

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The reaction of HNO₃ and P₄O₁₀ produces N₂O₅.

4HNO₃ + P₄O₁₀ $\to$ 2N₂O₅ + 4HPO₃

The reaction of HNO₃ with P₄ does not yield N₂O₅.

P₄ + 20 HNO₃ $\to$ 4H₃PO₄ + 20 NO₂ + 4 H₂O

The structure of N₂O₅ has one N $-$ O $-$ N bond, but no N $-$ N bond. It is diamagnetic in nature.

JEE Advanced 2016 Paper 2 Offline Chemistry - p-Block Elements Question 38 English Explanation

N₂O₅ reacts with sodium metal to produce NO₂ (brown gas)

N₂O₅ + Na $\to$ NaNO₃ + $\underset{B r o w n g a s}{N O_{2} ↑}$

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