JEE Main levelSingle correct optionDifficulty 2 of 3cb184
Observed dipole moment and bond length of four gaseous diatomic molecules are: P (3.5D, 100pm), Q (9.2D, 400pm), R (1.80D, 92pm), S (0.82D, 141pm). Take percent ionic character =100×μobs/μionic with μionic=ed, e=1.6×10−19C and 1D=3.336×10−30Cm. Which molecule has the highest percent ionic character?
AS
BP
CQ
DR
Answer: B
Compute μionic=ed 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.