The Lewis structures of four compounds are given. In the first molecule sufur is the central atom. There are two oxygen atoms bo
nded to the sulfur atom through double bonds. There is one lone pair of electrons on the sulfur atom and two lone pairs of electrons on each oxygen atom. In the second molecule carbon is the central atom. There are two oxygen atoms bonded to the sulfur atom through double bonds. There are two lone pairs of electrons on each oxygen atom. In the third molecule carbon is the central atom. There are two chlorine atoms and two hydrogen atoms bonded to the carbon atom through single bonds. Each chlorine atom contains three lone pairs of electrons. In the four molecule phosphorus is the central atom. There are three chlorine atoms bonded to the phosphorus atom through single bonds. There is one lone pair of electrons on the phosphorus atom and three lone pairs of electrons on each chlorine atom. Which of these molecules are polar?
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Answer:
Compound 1. Sulfur Dioxide
Compound 3. Dichloromethane
Compound 4. Phosphorus Trichloride
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Explanation:
Compound 1. Sulfur Dioxide
Polar compound
Through the Lewis structure it is confirmed that SO₂ is a polar compound, because it is an asymmetric compound having two regions of different polarity. The lower region having oxygen groups is more electronegative then the upper region.
Compound 2. Carbon Dioxide
Non polar Compound
Through the Lewis structure it is confirmed that CO₂ is a non polar compound, because it is a symmetric compound having two regions of same polarity. The left region and the right region both contains oxygen groups having same electronegativity.
Compound 3. Dichloromethane
Polar compound
Through the Lewis structure it is confirmed that CH₂Cl₂ is a polar compound, because it is an asymmetric compound having two regions of different polarity. Two chlorine atoms are attached to it and as we know that chlorine is a more electronegative element than hydrogen so it attracts the bonding pair of electrons towards itself which creates polarity.
Compound 4. Phosphorus Trichloride
Through the Lewis structure it is confirmed that PCl₃ is a polar compound, because three chlorine atoms attached to it and as we know that chlorine is a more electronegative element so it attracts the bonding pair of electrons towards itself which creates polarity.
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Explanation:Since the compound X has no net-dipole moment so we can ascertain that this compound is not associated with any polarity.
hence the compound must be overall non-polar. The net dipole moment of compound is zero means that the vector sum of individual dipoles are zero and hence the two individual bond dipoles associated with C-Cl bond must be oriented in the opposite directions with respect to each other.]
So we can propose that compound X must be trans alkene as only in trans compounds the individual bond dipoles cancel each other.
If one isomer of the alkene is trans then the other two isomers may be cis .
Since the two alkenes give the same molecular formula on hydrogenation which means they are quite similar and only slightly different.
The two possibility of cis structures are possible:
in the first way it is possible the one carbon has two chlorine substituents and the carbon has two hydrogens.
Or the other way could be that two chlorine atoms are present on the two carbon atoms in cis manner that is on the same side and two hydrogens are also present on the different carbon atoms in the same manner.
Kindly refer the attachments for the structure of compounds:
