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II:
Bond Polarity &
Formal Charge
• The result of a method of electron
bookkeeping that tells whether an atom in a
molecule has gained or lost electrons
compared to an isolated atom.
Covalent Character
difference Type
decreases
Zero Covalent
Polar
Intermediate
Covalent
Large Ionic
Dipole Moments
• A molecule with a center of negative
charge and a center of positive
charge is dipolar (two poles),
• or has a dipole moment.
• Center of charge doesn’t have to be
on an atom.
• Will line up in the presence of an
electric field.
How It is drawn
δ + δ -
H-F
+
δ
+
H
δ -
H-F
δ -
δ
-
-F
δ +
F
H-
δ +
H δ -
δ +
- F
H-
F δ
+
δ
-
δ
F
+
H
δ +
H-F
-
-
δ
-
δ
-
H
F
+
δ -
δ
-
Bond Polarity