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Hi there.
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This question wants to know if the molecule, h -o -c -l, is polar or non -polar.
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When determining if a molecule is polar or non -polar, we need to look at two things.
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The polarity of the bonds in the molecule.
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And we need to look at the symmetry of the molecule.
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So we have to look at both of those things to determine if the molecule is polar or non -polar.
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Right, so let's start out with the lewis structure for this.
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We have a very much.
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Hydrogen, which has one valence electron.
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It is bonded to oxygen.
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Oxygen has six valence electrons.
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Two of them are pairs, and two of them are lone electrons.
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And then we have chlorine, which has seven valence electrons.
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So the lewis dot structure would look like this, indicating, you know, if we think about this as being, using the vesper theory, we think about those three pairs of bonds.
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On the oxygen.
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Two of them are lone pairs of electrons...