Ammonia molecule has got trigonal pyramidal geometry even though nitrogen of ammonia gas gets sp3 hybridization. Give reasons.
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According to VSEPR theory, lone pair - bond pair repulsion is greater than bond pair - bond pair repulsion. Due to the unequal repulsion, tetrahedral geometry is distorted and changed into trigonal pyramidal geometry.
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