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The central atom of ammonia is nitrogen and it has 3 bonding pairs and a lone pair around, hence it undergoes sp3 hybridization. The central atom of boron trifluoride is the boron atom, and around it has only three bonding pairs. So it hybridizes as sp2.
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Three groups bound to it with no lone pairs
3 atoms around a central atom with no lone pairs.
three groups bound to it with no lone pairs
Three groups bound to it with no lone pairs
How do lone pairs around the central atom affect the polarity of the molecule?
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The central atom of ammonia is nitrogen and it has 3 bonding pairs and a lone pair around, hence it undergoes sp3 hybridization. The central atom of boron trifluoride is the boron atom, and around it has only three bonding pairs. So it hybridizes as sp2.
More time around the Cl than the H. Check the electronegativities.
If you draw out the Lewis structure of AsBr3, you'll realize that it has one lone electron pair on top of the central atom (As), which contains a greater electronegativity than any bonding pairs. Because of the electronegativity of the lone pairs, the bonding pairs are pushed hardly together, making the molecule asymmetrical or POLAR. When none of the net dipole moments of all individual bonds cancel out; the molecule turns out being POLAR. If all of them are canceled out, then you have a NON-POLAR molecule. Hope this is helpful!
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The shape of a molecule only describes the arrangement of bonds around a central atom. The arrangement of electron pairs describes how both the bonding and nonbonding electron pair are arranged. For example, in its molecular shape, a water molecule is describes as bent, with two hydrogen atoms bonded to an oxygen atom. However, the arrangement of electron pairs around the oxygen atom is tetrahedral as there are two bonding pairs (shared with the hydrogen) and also two nonbonding pairs.