JEE Main Chemistry question

Geometry of the ammonia molecule and the hybridisation of nitrogen involved in it are

(A) hybridisation and tetrahedral geometry
(B) hybridisation and distorted tetrahedral geometryCorrect
(C) hybridisation and triangular geometry
(D)None of the above

Answer: (B)

Solution

Nitrogen in has 3 bond pairs + 1 lone pair (steric number 4), giving hybridisation with a parent tetrahedral electron-pair geometry; since one of the four positions is occupied by a

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