Sunday, February 27, 2011
Polarity
DMSO, (CH3)2SO, is a polar molecule. There is an uneven distribution of electrons in the molecule. Oxygen, bonded to sulfur, has two unshared electron pairs! These unshared pairs cause the oxygen to be extremely negative, the root cause of the uneven distribution of charge throughout the molecule.
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