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Nitrogen pentafluoride
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<p>Nitrogen pentafluoride is a <a href="/facts/Theoretical_compound/0zBsHU62">theoretical compound</a> of <a href="/facts/Nitrogen/Nf1QpGDz">nitrogen</a> and <a href="/facts/Fluorine/YUV0Fb8m">fluorine</a> with the <a href="/facts/Chemical_formula/hghUtthl">chemical formula</a> <a href="/facts/Nitrogen/Nf1QpGDz">N</a><a href="/facts/Fluorine/YUV0Fb8m">F</a>5. It is hypothesized to exist based on the existence of the <a href="/facts/Pentafluoride/R6d2Pv5m">pentafluorides</a> of the atoms below nitrogen in the periodic table, such as <a href="/facts/Phosphorus_pentafluoride/VbqstNnq">phosphorus pentafluoride</a>. Theoretical models of the nitrogen pentafluoride molecule are either a <a href="/facts/Trigonal_bipyramidal_molecular_geometry/fTayDtlN">trigonal bipyramidal</a> covalently bound molecule with symmetry group <a href="/facts/Dihedral_symmetry_in_three_dimensions/xNRpsIAF">D3h</a>, or [NF4]+F− (tetrafluoroammonium fluoride), which would be an ionic solid. </p>