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Answer:
Given molecule is CCl2F2.
What is the direction and magnitude of the net dipole of CCl2F2?
Explanation:
Dipole moment is a vector quantity.
The arrow end starts from a less electronegative atom and directs towards the more electronegative atom.
In the given molecule,
CCl2F2,
the central atom is carbon with sp3 hybridsation and there are no lone pairs on the central atom.
The molecule is tetrahedral but it is asymmetrical.
Because all the four bonded atoms are not same and there exists an electronegativity difference between F and Cl.
Hence, there exists a net dipole moment for the given molecule and the molecule is polar.
