The C-Cl dist. In H3C-Cl & F3C-Cl are 1.78A and 1.75A. Explain.
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Lokesh Verma
·2009-03-05 00:18:41
in CF3Cl, carbon is attached to highly electronegative species of Florine.
So there is a +ve charge induced on C due to the -I effect of F.
So there will be more attraction from Cl on C. Thus the bond length will decrese.