Question

What is the structure of the ammonia molecule?

Answer 1

Ammonia:

• The chemical formula for ammonia is ${\mathrm{NH}}_3$.
• It involves the existence of a central atom, nitrogen to which three hydrogen atoms are bonded.
• There is a lone pair of electrons on the nitrogen atom.
• The geometry of ammonia is trigonal pyramidal.

Structure of ammonia

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Hence, the central ‘$\mathrm{N}$’ atom in ${\mathrm{NH}}_3$ is surrounded by three bonds pairs and one lone pairs