The total number of lone-pair of electrons in melamine is:

3

lone pairs from the triazine moeity

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3

lone pairs from the

- N H_{2}

moeity

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6

lone pairs from all the

N

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None of these

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Solution

The correct option is C $6$ lone pairs from all the $N$
Each $N$ uses $3$ bonds and hence has $1$ lone pair. Hence total of $6$ lone pairs.

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