Nitrogen-arsenic bonds

From what has just been said with regard to carbon, it is evident that the atomicity of an element is, apparently at least, not a fixed and invariable quantity thus nitrogen is sometimes equivalent to five atoms of hydrogen, as in ammonic chloride, (i H Cl), sometimes to three atoms, as in ammonia (N" H,), mid sometimes to only one atom, as in nitrous oxide (N,0). But it is found that this variation in atomicity always takes place by the disappearance or development of an even number of bonds thus nitrogen is either a pentad, a triad, or a monad phosphorus and arsenic, either pentads or triads carbon and tin, either tetrads or dyads and sulphur, selenium, and tellurium, either hexads, tetrads, or dyads. 

This variation in atomicity always takes place by the disappearance or development of an even number of bonds thus, nitrogen is either a pentad, a triad, or a monad phosphorus and arsenic either pentads or triads carbon and tin either tetrads or dyads and sulphur, selenium, and tellurium either hexads, tetrads, or dyads. 

Rate constants have been determined for the forward and reverse reactions shown in equation (5) in which LL = (a-dimethylaminophenyl)-dimethylarsine bonded through nitrogen and arsenic, L = this ligand bonded only through arsenic, and X = SCN, SeCN, NO2, NJ, or pyridine. 

Cobalt compounds have been in use for centuries, notably as pigments ( cobalt blue ) in glass and porcelain (a double silicate of cobalt and potassium) the metal itself has been produced on an industrial scale only during the twentieth century. Cobalt is relatively uncommon but widely distributed it occurs biologically in vitamin B12 (a complex of cobalt(III) in which the cobalt is bonded octahedrally to nitrogen atoms and the carbon atom of a CN group). In its ores, it is usually in combination with sulphur or arsenic, and other metals, notably copper and silver, are often present. Extraction is carried out by a process essentially similar to that used for iron, but is complicate because of the need to remove arsenic and other metals. 

The ylides have been classified on the basis of the heteroalom covalently bonded to the carbanion. Accordingly, they can be differentiated into nitrogen ylide (Scheme 2), sulfur ylide Scheme 3, phosphorus ylide Scheme 4, arsenic ylide Scheme 5, antimony ylide (Scheme 6), bismuth ylide (Scheme 7) and thallium ylide (Scheme 8). 

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