Timeline for Why is carbon dioxide nonpolar?
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| Aug 12, 2014 at 7:22 | vote | accept | Caters | ||
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| Jul 28, 2014 at 15:18 | comment | added | ron | @Martin The dipole moment or polarity of a molecule never mattered that much to me. I was usually interested in the reactivity of a molecule, which usually translates into the reactivity of a bond. So the polarity of a bond is what I would consider. If the hybridization in the bond wasn't symmetrical, then the bond was polarized; the asymmetry of the hybridization told me how polarized. | |
| Jul 28, 2014 at 10:59 | comment | added | Martin - マーチン♦ | I accept this answer as valid and correct. However, I really have problems with this definition of polarity solely based on on the dipole moment. I would consider toluene to be an unpolar solvent, yet the molecule itself has a dipole of 0.36D, it is small, but it is there. Does that mean toluol is a polar molecule? On the other hand $\ce{CO2}$ has no net dipole moment, but its reactivity towards nucleophiles/ electrophiles is similar to polar molecules. Therefore I'd rather consider it polar. This is in no way a critique on your answer, I'd just value your opinion on the matter. | |
| Jul 26, 2014 at 15:33 | history | edited | ron | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 26, 2014 at 14:34 | comment | added | ntoskrnl | @caters You should probably ask about that in another question. | |
| Jul 26, 2014 at 14:32 | comment | added | Caters | but this does not explain why more of this dissolves in water than how much O2 dissolves in water. | |
| Jul 26, 2014 at 13:42 | history | answered | ron | CC BY-SA 3.0 |