COMEDK2025ChemistryChemical Bonding and Molecular StructureActual
The chloro compound having the lowest dipole moment is:
Options
- ACH ₃ Cl
- BCH ₂ Cl ₂
Correct answer
B. CH ₂ Cl ₂
Step-by-step solution
The first image represents (E)-2-chloroprop-1-ene or a similar isomer, but specifically, it is 2-chloroprop-1-ene with a chlorine on each carbon in a trans-like arrangement relative to the double bond. The second image represents 1,1-dichloro-1-propene or a similar isomer. Let us analyze the dipole moments of the given structures. The first structure shown is (E)-2-chloroprop-1-ene (or trans-1,2-dichloro-1-propene). In this molecule, the two chlorine atoms are on opposite sides of the double bond. The bond dipoles