polar. Compare with covalent compound, ionic compound and polar bond. An asymmetric molecule containing polar bonds. H
2O, NH
3, and HCl are examples of polar molecules. Non-examples are CO
2, CCl
4, and BCl
3 which contain polar bonds but are nonpolar because they have symmetric shapes. Alkanes are...
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a molecule in which there exists a permanent electric dipole moment by virtue of the asymmetrical distribution of positively and negatively charged regions.
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Water: a well-known polar molecule A molecule in which there is some separation of charge in the chemical bonds, so that one part of the molecule has a slight positive charge and the other a slight negative charge, i.e., the molecule has a permanent electric dipole (a pair of equal and opposite ...
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a molecule in which there exists a permanent electric dipole moment by virtue of the asymmetrical distribution of positively and negatively charged regions.
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A molecule in which the shared electrons are not evenly distributed, so that one side of the molecule is negatively (or positively) charged in comparison with the other side. Polar molecules are soluble in polar solvents, such as water.
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