Is CN more electronegative than Cl?

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Is CN more electronegative than Cl?

That is cyanide vs. cloride. Do you add or subtract the EN of the carbon and nitrogen in the compound?

2007-04-18 05:47:59 · 3 answers · asked by sandler777 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry

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NO
it is not

2007-04-18 05:52:06 · answer #1 · answered by Mikee 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋

Only an individual element can have an electronegativity. You can never combine them in this way. You can subtract them, though, to see if a particular bond is polar or not.

What you are probably asking is whether Cl- or CN- is a stronger nucleophile, and it is CN-.

2007-04-18 12:59:20 · answer #2 · answered by Gervald F 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

ni, the halogens have the strongest elcetronegativities, except oxygen which comes next to fluorine

2007-04-18 12:54:28 · answer #3 · answered by sexypapa 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋