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It is due to some historical reasons.... NH3 was called NH3 long before IUPAC made rules that less electronegetive element should appear first..... It did not feel the need to change the way it is written just to avoid confusion.. NH3 was used in many fields and changing the way it is written may create confusion.. So it is still NH3

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