determining dipole moment
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determining dipole moment
What is the easiest way to identify dipole interactions to be able to determine the polarity of a molecule?
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Re: determining dipole moment
I like to look at the electronegativities of the atoms in the molecule to help. For example, with HCL, Cl is more negative than H so the covalent bond makes electrons to be pulled closer to the CL, making it more partial negative, and H as a result, a partial positive.
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Re: determining dipole moment
Yes looking at the difference in electronegativity will help to determine which which, if any, the dipole moment will move towards as well as if they will cancel. If they do, then it's non-polar and if they don't it's polar.
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Re: determining dipole moment
You have to take in the electronegativities of the atoms and the structure of the molecule to see which dipole vectors cancel out and which do not.
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