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Ammonia and amines have a slightly flattened trigonal pyramidal shape with a lone pair of electrons above the nitrogen. In quaternary ammonium ions, this area is occupied by a fourth substituent.
Each ammonia molecule contains three hydrogen atoms. These atoms are attached to a central nitrogen atom, giving the molecule a trigonal pyramidal shape.21