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Predicting polarity using geometric shape

 
 
Reply Fri 23 Sep, 2005 01:16 pm
I'm having trouble with certain polar molecules that "seem" to be nonpolar. For example, the hydrazine I drew looks like this:
http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/3499/hydrazine5pf.png

I'm not supposed to draw in the electrons, but they're there to show you. Both the left and the right NH2 seem to cancel out each other's polarity. How am I supposed to explain the polarity of the hydrazine molecule using just the geometric shape?
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Reply Fri 23 Sep, 2005 01:23 pm
Just guessing here, but I think it is polar front to back instead of left to right. If the four H are on one side, that side will have a positive bias. Of course the H's are free to move about, but I think that once a bias is established, all the Hydrogens will line up on one side.
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