Polar and NonPolar Molecules: How To Tell If a Molecule is Polar or Nonpolar

This video provides a fast way for you to determine if a molecule is polar or nonpolar. It provides examples so you can quickly distinguish nonpolar molecules from those that are polar.
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hanna issa BF3 is a trigonal planar (2Dim.) molecule with no unbonded pairs of electrons. In NH3 the N atom has sp3 hybridization, making it a 3Dim. tetrahedron. Tetrahedral atoms have, potentially, up to four bonding locations. In NH3, three of those locations on the nitrogen are occupied by hydrogen atoms. The fourth location is occupied by a pair of unbonded electrons. The unbonded pair tends to push the other bonded pairs away. The unbonded pair has a very strong negative aspect, whereas the negative aspect of the other three bonded pairs are "diluted" by the more positive hydrogen atoms to which they are connected. Therefore, the end of the NH3 molecule with the unbonded pair will be more negative than the opposite end. This makes the molecule polar.

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You can also use Electronegativity Ranges Nonpolar Covalent = 0 - 0.5 Polar Covalent = 0.5 - 1.7 Ionic = 1.7 - higher

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If your main atom (like C in CH4) has got disconnected electron pairs your molecule is Polar because the distribution of electron charge on its molecule is not the same And if the atoms around your main atom are different then your molecule is also polar Just in case if you need it guys! Don't forget to draw the Lewis Structure 😉

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When you say that the molecule is symmetrical it is non-polar, how so? Because something like CF4 would have a tetrahedral shape which contains 2 bonds in the same plane, 1 going out of the page and 1 going into the page so it wouldn't be symmetrical. Please can you clarify what you mean by symmetrical? Thanks

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