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Ammonia molecule

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In ammonia the nitrogen atom sits at the apex of a trigonal pyramid with the three H atoms at the base. There is no point in the molecule through which lines drawn in opposite directions meet the same atom at the same distance, so a centre of symmetry is absent.

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