Please consider 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2-Acetyl-1-pyrroline <img src="https://i.sstatic.net/mlQaI.png" width="86" alt="1-(3,4-dihydro-2H-pyrrol-5-yl)ethan-1-one"> What is the molecular geometry of the nitrogen lone pair? Is the lone pair oriented in-plane with the ring? How is this distinct from the orientation carbon-acetyl bond, which should presumably point out-of-plane with the ring?