Bond angle of NH3+ and H3O+
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Both NH4+ and H3O+ have a tetrahedral geometry, but there is a slight difference in their bond angle. This is because H3O+ has a lone pair of electrons on the oxygen atom. This results in the lp-lp repulsions due to which the bonds bend more towards each other and the bond angle reduces to 107o in H3O+ whereas in NH4+ it is same as the tetrahedral angle i.e. 109 degrees. The struccture of both the ions are shown below:
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Both NH4+ and H3O+ have a tetrahedral geometry, but there is a slight difference in their bond angle. This is because H3O+ has a lone pair of electrons on the oxygen atom. This results in the lp-lp repulsions due to which the bonds bend more towards each other and the bond angle reduces to 107o in H3O+ whereas in NH4+ it is same as the tetrahedral angle i.e. 109 degrees. The struccture of both the ions are shown below:
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