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Grade 12Physical Chemistry

which has highest dipole moment CH3F OR CH3CL?EXPLAIN

Profile image of SHIVAM JAIN
15 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of vijesh jayan
15 Years ago

CH3F has more dipole moment since F is more electronegative as compared to chlorine and attracts the shared pair of electrons between CH3 and itself more towards itself.

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ApprovedApproved Tutor Answer15 Years ago

dipole moment depends on distance between atoms so CH3Cl has highest dipole moment than CH3F coz as the size of Cl is very large compared to F ...

dipole moment also depend on charge separation which is increased by electronegativity so

even electronegativity of florine is more but it is comparable to electronegativity of Cl so here

size of atom is dominating factor ...