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lone pair

British

noun

chem a pair of valency electrons of opposite spin that are not shared between the atoms in a molecule and are responsible for the formation of coordinate bonds

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Click on each bond type or lone pair at right to add that group to the central atom.

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The sulfur atom is surrounded by two bonds and one lone pair of electrons in either resonance structure.

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For example, the nitrogen atom in ammonia is surrounded by three bonding pairs and a lone pair of electrons directed to the four corners of a tetrahedron.

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To minimize lone pair repulsions, the lone pair occupies one of the equatorial positions.

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The nitrogen atom is sp3 hybridized with one hybrid orbital occupied by the lone pair.

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