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AS Chemistry Question
kratos009:
Hey guys,
This is a question from the May/June 2002 Paper 2. In a chlorofluorocarbon, CHF2CHClF, the question asked which covalent bond is the weakest and the answer was the C-Cl bond. Does anyone know why the C-H bond is stronger than the C-Cl bond? And in that particular chlorofluorocarbon, CHF2CHClF, is the chemical inertness of this compound due to the very strong C-F bond?
Thank you in advance.
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nid404:
It's cause of the size and electronegativity. I will look for something to explain it.
kratos009:
Ok thanks nid. So is the chemical inertness of the chlorofluorocarbon due to the strong C-F bond?
nid404:
--- Quote from: kratos009 on November 01, 2009, 07:24:06 am ---Ok thanks nid. So is the chemical inertness of the chlorofluorocarbon due to the strong C-F bond?
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Carbon and Chlorine both are more on the electronegative side so the bond is not as strong as C-H..bond as H is kind of electropositive..so I wud say the C-Cl bond has a lesser difference in elecronegativity and truly depend on weak Vanderwaal forces
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