7th edition 2E.25 a)

(Polar molecules, Non-polar molecules, etc.)

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Jennifer Lathrop 1F
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7th edition 2E.25 a)

Postby Jennifer Lathrop 1F » Wed Nov 28, 2018 12:35 pm

How is CH2Cl2 polar? The structure appears to be tetrahedral to me.
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Re: 7th edition 2E.25 a)

Postby Kobe_Wright » Wed Nov 28, 2018 12:49 pm

However the structure is tetrahedral, the way that the atoms align in real life will have the hydrogens on the dorsal side and the chlorines on the ventral(or vice versa), and because the the very different electronegativities of H and CL they will create an effective polar molecule.
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