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Offline kratos009

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AS Chemistry Question
« on: November 01, 2009, 02:27:42 am »
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

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Re: AS Chemistry Question
« Reply #1 on: November 01, 2009, 03:56:11 am »
It's cause of the size and electronegativity. I will look for something to explain it.

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Re: AS Chemistry Question
« Reply #2 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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Re: AS Chemistry Question
« Reply #3 on: November 01, 2009, 09:34:49 am »
Ok thanks nid.  So is the chemical inertness of the chlorofluorocarbon due to the strong C-F bond?

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Re: AS Chemistry Question
« Reply #4 on: November 01, 2009, 11:38:12 am »
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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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Re: AS Chemistry Question
« Reply #5 on: November 02, 2009, 07:31:15 am »
well, the electronegativity of C and H no big difference compared to C and Cl.Cl is more elctronegativity and has more electron clouds at Cl causing the unequal distribution of electrons,and having this distortion making it less stable to heat and so C-Cl bond is the weakest.C-H bonds has less distortion due to almost symmetrical electron cloud.yes, chemical inertness due to C-F bond because the bond length is short and more overlapping of orbitals and need higer bond energy to break it. the higher the bond energy,the more difficult it undergoes reaction. raunaqbhatia theory is absolutely wrong, where u get that from?

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Re: AS Chemistry Question
« Reply #6 on: November 02, 2009, 08:02:12 am »
Ok thanks a lot light, i understand it now ;D.

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Re: AS Chemistry Question
« Reply #7 on: November 02, 2009, 12:50:43 pm »
sorry dude but u wrong