Question

The carbon tetrachloride molecule (CCl4) is
A) a nonpolar molecule with polar bonds
B) a nonpolar molecule with nonpolar bonds
C) a polar molecule with polar bonds
D) a polar molecule with nonploar bonds

Answer 1

A is the correct answer
CCl4 is an organic compound and organic compound are mostly non polar compounds but since carbon has bonds with CL it creates a dipole and becomes a polar bond

Answer 2

Answer: Option (A) is the correct answer.

Explanation:

As the atomic number of carbon atom is 6 with electronic distribution 2, 4. And, it needs 4 more electrons to completely fill its octet by sharing of electrons.

On the other hand, atomic number of chlorine is 17 and it needs to acquire 1 more electron to complete its octet.

Therefore, in $CCl_{4}$ compound there is a covalent bond due to sharing of electrons between carbon and chlorine atom.

And, due to difference in electronegativity between carbon and chlorine atom there will partial positive charge on carbon and partial negative charge on chlorine atom.

As a result, bond formed will be polar in nature but due to sharing of electrons the compound formed will be non-polar in nature.

Thus, we can conclude that the carbon tetrachloride molecule ($CCl_{4}$) is a non-polar molecule with polar bonds.