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Shapes Polarity
Shapes Polarity
A S
O O
or
SO3 NO
A planar (bond dipoles cancel)
3 triangular O
S
O O
A O
H H
or
A
3 pyramidal NH3 YES
(bond dipoles add)
N
H H
H
CCl 4 NO
4 tetrahedral (bond dipoles cancel)
Cl
C
Cl Cl
Cl