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Trisilylamine has donor properties; whilst trimethylamine has no donor properties
In trimethylamine, 'N' atom is -hybridized.
Due to the presence of lone pair in -hybrid orbital, the geometry of becomes pyramidal around nitrogen.
This lone pair of electrons can be donated to electron-deficient species, e.g., . This lone pair cannot be transferred to carbon atom, because carbon atom has no d-orbital in its valence shell.
In the 'N' atom is -hybridized.
The orientation of three -hybrid orbitals is plane-triangular, therefore, the geometry around 'N' becomes plane-triangular. Here the lone pair of electrons is transferred to vacant d-orbitals to each of three silicon atoms forming multiple bonds. Consequently, has no donor properties. For example
No reaction.


Due to the presence of lone pair in -hybrid orbital, the geometry of becomes pyramidal around nitrogen.

This lone pair of electrons can be donated to electron-deficient species, e.g., . This lone pair cannot be transferred to carbon atom, because carbon atom has no d-orbital in its valence shell.
In the 'N' atom is -hybridized.

The orientation of three -hybrid orbitals is plane-triangular, therefore, the geometry around 'N' becomes plane-triangular. Here the lone pair of electrons is transferred to vacant d-orbitals to each of three silicon atoms forming multiple bonds. Consequently, has no donor properties. For example
No reaction.

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