Why why why dipole moment of ch3cl is higher than ch3I ? (I had written why 3 times because content should not be less than 50 chars
Dhruv , 3 Years ago
Grade 12
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Priyanshu Gujjar
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CH3Cl has larger dipole moment than CH3F because dipole moment is based on the product of distance and charge, and not just charge alone. Fluorine is more electronegative than chlorine, but, the carbon-fluorine bond is also much shorter than the carbon-chlorine bond: 139 pm vs 178 pm.