Question #48481

How many lone pairs of electrons are present on nitrogen in ammonia?

Expert's answer

There are four sp3 hybrid orbitals in NH3 molecule. Three of them share the electrons with another atom and, so, there is only one lone pair in NH3 molecule.

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