TOJC Yet another dipole
rehwinja@PLU.edu
Sun, 15 Sep 1996 22:45:09 -0800 (PST)
My question on dipole is after you have your 3-d molecular structure drawn
how do you know which direction the net dipole movement is? (This is
question 1.14. I understand the direction of dipole follows
electronegativity patterns, but how does one know exactly what angle each of
the dipole moments is leading?
(Because wouldn't the net dipole moment be in the direction of
an average of the pulls?)
Here's the reason I thought the average of the dipoles is the net-
therefore making the individual angles important: three people hold a rope
making an L-shape, once the center person lets go, the result is a staight
line? Just as the opposing dipoles would result in the net dipole moment.
Make any sense?
Thanks-rehwinJA