What is the molecular structure about the nitrogen atom in trimethyl amine and in the trimethyl ammonium ion, (CH₃)₃NH⁺? What is the hybridization of the nitrogen atom in trimethyl amine and in the trimethyl ammonium ion?
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Chemistry 2e · 20.4 Amines and Amides
Amines and Amides: practice problems
3 problems from the book, with its answers. Check your working, or have any of them explained to you on the whiteboard.
Exercises 57
Draw Lewis structures for pyridine and its conjugate acid, the pyridinium ion, C₅H₅NH⁺. What are the hybridizations, electron domain geometries, and molecular geometries about the nitrogen atoms in pyridine and in the pyridinium ion?
Exercises 59
Write two complete balanced equations for the following reaction, one using condensed formulas and one using Lewis structures.
Methyl amine is added to a solution of HCl.
Key terms · 2
- amine
- organic molecule in which a nitrogen atom is bonded to one or more alkyl group
- amide
- organic molecule that features a nitrogen atom connected to the carbon atom in a carbonyl group
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