Chemical BondingHard
Question
The shape of NH3 molecule is :
Options
A.Tetrahedral
B.Trigonal planar
C.Trigonal pyramidal
D.Linear
Solution
In NH3, N is sp3 hybridised ; N of NH3 has a lone pair of electron. The lone pair distorts the normal tetrahedral geometry due to lp - bp interaction to trigonal bipyremidal.
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