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Offline rachel01

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Polarity
« on: May 17, 2015, 08:25:27 PM »
Hi,
This is my first post and like to start from a simple question. Can somebody give me a logical explanation for this question.
How 2-hydrazinyl-5-iodopyridine, ( 2-hydrazine substituted) becomes more polar than 2-chloro-5-iodopyridine?

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Re: Polarity
« Reply #1 on: May 17, 2015, 10:00:03 PM »
Can you think of what is becoming more polar?

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Re: Polarity
« Reply #2 on: May 18, 2015, 11:10:57 AM »
When I think of polarity, I think of the strength of intermolecular bonds. For example, water is more polar than ammonia because the hydrogen bonds in water are stronger than the hydrogen bonds of ammonia. I suggest you draw the two structures and then ask yourself, which molecule can have stronger intermolecular bonds?
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