Dipole-Dipole attractions

Cards (4)

  • Permeanant Dipole-dipole forces of attraction take place in polar molecules
  • Polarity is the unequal distribution of electrons in between atoms, It is a property of covalent bonds
  • A dipole moment sums up the effect of polarity in all the bonds in the molecule
  • In molecules with more than 1 polar bond despite having different electronegativities, the effects may cancel due to the shape, leaving a non-polar molecule