Can nitrogen have 4 bonds and a lone pair?
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Nitrogen. If a nitrogen has three bonds and a lone pair, it has a formal charge of zero. If it has four bonds (and no lone pair), it has a formal charge of 1+.
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Nitrogen has two 2s and three 2p valence electrons. By sharing the three 2p electrons, nitrogen can form three covalent bonds. For example, NH3. But still the nitrogen atom has a lone pair of electrons form 2s orbital.
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