The compunds PF6- can also be created with 12 electrons around phosphorous! Look at electron configuration of nitrogen v. phosphorous (image of box/arrow diagrams of electron configurations). 1s2 2s2 ...
In nature, nitrogen is reduced by nitrogenase enzymes, which contain large metalloproteins and promote a sequence of proton-coupled electron-transfer reactions to accomplish the reduction.
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