Classify following solvent as protic or aprotic                NH3

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Classify following solvent as protic or aprotic               

NH3

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Aprotic Solvents are solvents that cannot display hydrogen-bonding. Protic Solvents are solvents that display hydrogen-bonding (this stabilizes carbocations, but hinders nucleophiles).

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