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Ammonia has 4 regions of electron density around the central nitrogen atom (3 bonds and one lone pair). These are arranged in a tetrahedral shape. The resulting molecular shape is trigonal pyramidal with H-N-H angles of 106.7°.
This section explores how we predict the molecular and electron-pair shapes of molecules using the VSEPR (Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion) theory. We will first go over what VSEPR theory is and how it defines an electron-pair geometry and a molecular geometry.
We continue our discussion of structure and bonding by introducing the valence-shell electron-pair repulsion (VSEPR) model (pronounced “vesper”), which can be used to predict the shapes of many molecules and polyatomic ions.
22 Απρ 2020 · Ammonia has a tetrahedral molecular geometry. All the Hydrogen atoms are arranged symmetrically around the Nitrogen atom which forms the base, and the two nonbonding electrons form the tip which makes the molecular geometry of NH3 trigonal pyramidal.
2 ημέρες πριν · The molecular geometry of ammonia (NH3) is trigonal pyramidal or a distorted tetrahedral. It is because of the presence of a single lone pair of electrons on the nitrogen atom which is non-bonding in nature and exerts repulsion on the bonding orbitals.
In the ammonia molecule, the three hydrogen atoms attached to the central nitrogen are not arranged in a flat, trigonal planar molecular structure, but rather in a three-dimensional trigonal pyramid (Figure \(\PageIndex{6}\)) with the nitrogen atom at the apex and the three hydrogen atoms forming the base.
The VSEPR model can predict the structure of nearly any molecule or polyatomic ion in which the central atom is a nonmetal, as well as the structures of many molecules and polyatomic ions with a central metal atom.
