Lesson 948 of 1524
Polar Covalent Bonds; Acids and Bases
A carbon-oxygen bond is polar, for example, because oxygen attracts the shared electrons more strongly than carbon does.
Practice this chapterA carbon-oxygen bond is polar, for example, because oxygen attracts the shared electrons more strongly than carbon does. Many molecules as a whole are also polar, owing to the presence of individual polar bonds and electron lone pairs.
The polarity of a molecule is measured by its dipole moment , μ Understanding organic chemistry means knowing not just what happens but also why and how it happens at the molecular level.
carbon-oxygen bond — polar, for example, because oxygen attracts the shared electrons more strongly than carbon does. whole — also polar, owing to the presence of individual polar bonds and electron lone pairs. polarity of a molecule — measured by its dipole moment , μ.
Worked example
What does “carbon-oxygen bond” mean in Polar Covalent Bonds; Acids and Bases?
- 1Use the wording this chapter gives for carbon-oxygen bond.
- 2The book says: polar, for example, because oxygen attracts the shared electrons more strongly than carbon does.
- 3Do not use the meaning of whole. That term means also polar, owing to the presence of individual polar bonds and electron lone pairs.
Result: polar, for example, because oxygen attracts the shared electrons more strongly than carbon does
Why. That is the meaning this chapter gives for carbon-oxygen bond.
Do not swap carbon-oxygen bond and whole. carbon-oxygen bond means polar, for example, because oxygen attracts the shared electrons more strongly than carbon does. whole means also polar, owing to the presence of individual polar bonds and electron lone pairs.
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