Dipole moment of CHCl3 is less than CH2Cl2 is less than CH3Cl. why?

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Dandy

28 July, 07:32

Dipole moment of CHCl3 is less than CH2Cl2 is less than CH3Cl. why?

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Harper Woods · Answer 1

In case of, CH3Cl, the 3 H atoms and Cl atoms sums up and give it a large dipole moment.

In case of CH2Cl2, the 2 H atoms add up to Cl atoms but one Cl atom cancels out half of the effect of other Cl atom and give it a smaller dipole moment compared to CH3Cl ...

In case of CH3Cl, one H atom adds up and 3 Cl atoms cancel each others effect and give it a much smaller dipole moment ...