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Why does ammonia act as a lewis base?

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Lewis dot structure of ammonia, `NH_3` is as given in the Fig.
`underset("Structure of" NH_3)(H-underset(H)underset(|)overset(* *)N-H)`
In ammonia, nitrogen has a lone pair of electrons which is available for donation. Therefore, `NH_3` acts as a Lewis base.
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