. In ammonia, H - N - H bond angle is

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. In ammonia, H - N - H bond angle is (A) 170° (B) 104.5° (C) 109.5° (D) 120°

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<img class="img-fluid question-image" alt="image" src="https://cdn.tardigrade.in/img/question/chemistry/ff108b657db13ece585f5f659886256d-.png" /> There is lone pair-bond pair repulsion N-atom is s p3-hybridised. But due to this repulsion, geometry is distorted to pyramidal and bond angle is 107°

Q. . In ammonia, $H - N - H$ bond angle is

$17 0^{\circ}$

$104. 5^{\circ}$

$109. 5^{\circ}$

$12 0^{\circ}$

There is lone pair-bond pair repulsion
$N$ -atom is $s p^{3}$ -hybridised. But due to this repulsion, geometry is distorted to pyramidal and bond angle is $10 7^{\circ}$

Q. . In ammonia, H−N−H bond angle is

170∘

104.5∘

109.5∘

120∘