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Observed dipole moment and bond length of four gaseous diatomic molecules are: P (, ), Q (, ), R (, ), S (, ). Take percent ionic character with , and . Which molecule has the highest percent ionic character?

  1. A
  2. B
  3. C
  4. D

Answer: B

Compute in debye for each: P 4.80, Q 19.18, R 4.41, S 6.76 D. Percent ionic character is then P 73.0%, Q 48.0%, R 40.8%, S 12.1%. The highest is P, even though Q has the largest dipole moment.
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