
Biochemistry by Raymond Ochs
Edition 0ISBN: 978-1449661373
Biochemistry by Raymond Ochs
Edition 0ISBN: 978-1449661373 Exercise 7
Ammonia is a polar molecule by virtue of its lone pair. When protonated to ammonium, however, it is symmetrical and would seem, by vector addition, to have no polarity. Yet, the ammonium ion readily dissolves in water. Why?
Explanation
The ammonia molecule (NH ₃ ) is polar mo...
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