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ammonia
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.
Ammonia, with the chemical formula , is a colorless, pungent gas composed of two elements: nitrogen and hydrogen.1
The ammonia molecule features a trigonal pyramidal structure, consisting of three hydrogen atoms bonded to a single nitrogen atom.2