I was just reading about how Nitrogen and Oxygen combine to form Nitric oxide.
My question is, why would this reaction even occur? Isn't the valency of Nitrogen 3- and Oxygen 2-, and therefore this reaction seems to form a product that still hasn't achieved the octet electronic configuration.
Could I please have some help?
Thank you in advance.
Edit: Or even $\ce{N2O}$ or $\ce{NO2}$ for that matter?