Imagine describing the bonding in ammonia as arising by overlap of the half-filled un-hybridized 2px, 2py, and

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Imagine describing the bonding in ammonia as arising by overlap of the half-filled un-hybridized 2px, 2py, and 2pz orbitals of nitrogen with the half-filled 1s orbitals of three hydrogen atoms.
(a) What kind of orbital would the unshared pair occupy?
(b) What would you expect the bond angles to be?
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Organic Chemistry

ISBN: 978-0072905014

4th edition

Authors: Francis A. Carey

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