Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Chemistry

Chapter

Organic: Amines

Question:

Nitrogen in trimethylamine is $sp^3$ hybridized. The C-N-C bond angle is 108°. The geometry of trimethylamine is

Options:

Tetrahedral

Trigonal bipyramidal

Square planar

Pyramidal

Correct Answer:

Pyramidal

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (4) → Pyramidal

In trimethylamine (N(CH₃)₃):

  • Nitrogen is sp³ hybridized
  • It has three bond pairs and one lone pair
  • Lone pair–bond pair repulsion reduces the bond angle from the ideal 109.5° to 108°

Thus, the molecular geometry is trigonal pyramidal.