What are the most common mistakes students make in Chemical Bonding & Molecular Structure?
its C=O bonds are polar, but the linear shape makes the dipoles cancel, so CO₂ is non-polar.
Top mistakes to avoid in Chemical Bonding & Molecular Structure: • its C=O bonds are polar, but the linear shape makes the dipoles cancel, so CO₂ is non-polar. • forcing an octet on exceptions like BeCl₂, BF₃ or SF₆. • counting only bonding pairs and ignoring lone pairs. • predicting geometry without counting lone pairs in the hybridization. • calling any molecule with polar bonds a polar molecule.
Common mistake
its C=O bonds are polar, but the linear shape makes the dipoles cancel, so CO₂ is non-polar.
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