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Monday, December 21, 2020

Why trimethylamine amine ( N(CH3)3) is tetrahedral while trisilyl amine (N(SiH3)3) planner.?


Nitrogen (N) atom in trimethylamine [N(CH3)3] is sp3 hybridised and tetrahedral due to non bonding electron pair of N is localised (more basic). On the other hand N atom of trisilylamine [N(SiH3)3] is sp2 hybridised and trigonal planner.This is due to the participatlon of non-bondlng pair of N into pπ-dπ back banding. Due to this delocalization of non-bonding electron pair of N in trisilylamine it is also less basic.

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