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CHM 102 Practice Questions Objective Question
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Which of the following compounds have lowest dipole moment?
Options
A carbon tetrachloride
Correct Answer
B chloromethane
C dichloromethane
D chloroform
Correct Answer

Option A is the correct answer.

Detailed Explanation

Carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) is a symmetric tetrahedral molecule, and the bond dipoles cancel out, giving it a net dipole moment of zero. The other compounds are asymmetric and have a net dipole moment.

Hint

Which of these molecules is perfectly symmetric?

Question Info

Course: CHM 102
Topic: Practice Questions
Type: Objective
Difficulty: Not specified
Question 943 of 1999
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