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ChemistryChemical Bonding and Molecular StructureJEE Main

Number of electrons in the valence orbit of nitrogen in an ammonia molecule is

Answer: (A)

Solution

In , nitrogen shares one electron pair with each of the three hydrogen atoms (3 bond pairs = 6 electrons, 3 from N and 3 from H) and retains one lone pair (2

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