Engineering
Chemistry
Hybridisation
Question

Account for the following :

The bond angle in NH4+ is higher than NH3.
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Solution

NH3 ⇒ Hybridisation = Sp3

structures ⇒ Refer image,
here, the single lone pair causey lone pair bond pair repulsion, for this steric effect, the bp-bp repulsion decreases and the hydrogen atoms come closer to each other. So the molecule loses the identical bond angle (109°28) and the bond angle becomes 107°.
NH4+ ⇒ Hybridisation = Sp3
structure, Refer image,
here, the single lone pair is involved in bonding with a more hydrogen atom and hence, the structure is a perfect tetrahedral.
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