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Which of the following designations, polar or nonpolar, are correct for the given compounds below ?
a) HBr : polar
b) CF4 : polar
c) CH3CH2CH2OH : nonpolar
d) I3- : polar

There can be more than one answer.

2007-10-19 10:31:08 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics Chemistry

3 answers

a) Molecules with a single H are polar

b) Most Carbon compounds are nonpolar

c) The OH group usually always gives a polar effect

d) Most elements form nonpolar molecules with themselves

Only a is correct.

2007-10-19 10:37:48 · answer #1 · answered by Lady Geologist 7 · 3 0

a) correct ,linear molecule
b) incorrect, as the molecule is tetraedric
c) incorrect-ish, this is propanol and only the -OH end is polar
d) polar-ish, in the sense of being an ion

2007-10-19 17:40:59 · answer #2 · answered by klimbim 4 · 1 0

a) is correct.

2007-10-19 17:36:32 · answer #3 · answered by papastolte 6 · 0 0

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