IB Chemistry HL 2.2.6 Molecular Polarity Question Bank

Practise IB Chemistry HL 2.2.6 by combining bond polarity and geometry to predict dipole cancellation, net moments and molecular or ionic polarity.

Exam points

identify polar bonds before using molecular geometry to combine their dipole vectors
explain dipole cancellation in a symmetrical molecule or a net dipole in an asymmetrical one
compare isomers or related molecules by symmetry, shape and resulting molecular polarity

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Organic compounds have many industrial applications.

The chloroalkene with the formula $\mathrm{C}_{4} \mathrm{H}_{7} \mathrm{Cl}$ can exist as several stereoisomers.

Outline why the cis-isomer is polar.

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