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Q.

Trichloromethane CHCl3, also called chloroform ) has a larger dipole moment than CFCl3.  Which property can explain this fact?

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a

Electronegativity

b

Hyperconjugation

c

Resonance

d

None of these

answer is A.

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Detailed Solution

In CHCl3 the order of electronegativity of carbon, hydrogen and chlorine is Cl>C>H whereas in CFCl3 the order of electronegativity is F>Cl>CSo, due to the different order of electronegativity in these two molecules, their dipole moments are also different.

(structure of CHCl3 )

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(structure of CFCl3 )

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As in the case of CHCl3 the net dipole moment is the summation of all other dipole moments, it is greater than CFCl3.

Therefore, the correct option is 1.

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