{"id":199047,"date":"2025-03-10T17:15:14","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T17:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=199047"},"modified":"2025-03-10T17:15:17","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T17:15:17","slug":"name-the-following-molecular-compounds-a-nf3-nitrogen-tri-fluoride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/10\/name-the-following-molecular-compounds-a-nf3-nitrogen-tri-fluoride\/","title":{"rendered":"Name the following molecular compounds: (a) NF3 nitrogen tri fluoride"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Name the following molecular compounds: (a) NF3 nitrogen tri fluoride (b) 1,07 di (select) hept oxide<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-6-color\"><strong>The correct answer and explanation is :<\/strong><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are the correct names for the given molecular compounds:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(a) <strong>NF\u2083<\/strong> \u2013 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