shape of ICl4- is square planar so the dipole moment becomes zero as it cancels out while in ClF3 it is T shape, so dipole moment exists
Both ICl4- & ClF3 have 2 lone pairs of electrons, but the dipole moment of ICl4- is zero while that of ClF3 is not. Please explain
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Siddhanth Shekhar
·2008-10-04 01:02:39