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Offline Winga

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Whta's the dipole moment of CO?
« on: October 09, 2004, 09:27:13 AM »
C is triple bonds bonded to O, and one of the bond is dative covalent bond which the pair of e- is contributed to C from O. So, the carbon is carried a negative cahrge and oxygen is carried postive charge, right?

How about writing the dipole moment of CO? Due to the electronegativity, O is patial negative while C is patial postive. Therefore, is it not correct to write this dipole moment for CO?

So, what is the right expression of the charge for CO?

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Re:Whta's the dipole moment of CO?
« Reply #1 on: October 09, 2004, 01:15:01 PM »
You write dipole moments when their is a diffence in charge. And always from the positive pointing to the negative.
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Re:Whta's the dipole moment of CO?
« Reply #2 on: October 09, 2004, 11:33:25 PM »
How about the charge?

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Re:Whta's the dipole moment of CO?
« Reply #3 on: November 08, 2004, 08:01:15 AM »
carbon is partial negatively charged
so the dipole moment directs from oxygen to carbon.

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Re:Whta's the dipole moment of CO?
« Reply #4 on: November 08, 2004, 01:20:46 PM »
If someone thinks O is more electronegative, so that the dipole moment points from C to O, it is wrong, right?

I want to make it more clear that the dipole moment is complete or partial?
Actually, the pair of e- of the 2nd pi bond is donated by the lone pair of O.

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Re: Whta's the dipole moment of CO?
« Reply #5 on: June 17, 2007, 11:37:13 AM »
i tink the electrons donated by O are still shared by O and C. Therefore the correct dipole moment should be still based on electronegetivity which means arrows points from C to O..yea...

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