Organic Chemistry: A Guided Inquiry
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Chapter 1, Problem 14CTQ
A student draws the picture of ammonia
a. What did the student omit from his drawing?
b. What is the actual
c. Explain why water, ammonia, and methane (shown below) all have about the same bondangles (close to 109.5°) even though they have different numbers of bonds.
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Organic Chemistry: A Guided Inquiry
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