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Q. The nitrogen containing compound produced in the reaction of $HNO _{3}$ with $P _{4} O _{10}$

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Solution:

$HNO _{3}+ P _{4} O _{10} \longrightarrow \underline{ N _{2} O _{5}}+ H _{3} PO _{4}$ Structure of $N _{2} O _{5}$
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It is diamagnetic and does not contain $N-N$ bond.
$Na + N _{2} O _{5} \longrightarrow NaNO _{3}+ \underset{\text{brown gas}}{NO _{2}} \uparrow$