Inorganic Chemistry
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Author: Housecroft, Catherine E.
Publisher: Pearson,
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Chapter 2, Problem 15P
Using the data in table 2.2, determine which of the following covalent single bonds ispolar and (if appropriate) in which direction the dipole moment acts.(a) N-H; (b) F-Br; (c) C-H; (d) P-Cl; (e) N-Br.
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