Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure - Result Question 33

####34. The dipole moments of diatomic molecules AB and CD are 10.41D and 10.27D, respectively while their bond distances are 2.82 and 2.67\AA, respectively. This indicates that

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(a) bonding is 100 ionic in both the molecules

(b) AB has more ionic bond character than CD

(c) AB has lesser ionic bond character than CD

(d) bonding is nearly covalent in both the molecules

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Solution:

  1. (c) As dipole moment = electric charge × bond length

D. M. of AB molecules

=4.8×1010×2.82×108=13.53D

D.M. of CD molecules

=4.8×1010×2.67×1010=12.81D

now ionic character

= Actual dipole moment of the bond  Dipole moment of pure ionic compound 

ionic character in

AB=10.4113.53×100=76.94

ionic character in

CD=10.2712.81×100=80.23



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