What is the bond polarity of NH3?

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anor277
Aug 11, 2018

Well, we would represent this as #R_2stackrel(delta^-)ddotNstackrel(delta^+)H#

Explanation:

Nitrogen is more electronegative than hydrogen, and the nitrogen polarizes electron density towards itself. And of course nitrogen is the DONOR atom when ammonia acts as a base or as a ligand...

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