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Carbon tetrachloride (ccl4 ) is used as a solvent in scientific research, but due to its role in ozone depletion it is not longer used in commercial products. what type of bonding occurs between the atoms of a ccl4 molecule?

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There are four single covalent bonds between one carbon atom and four chlorine atoms.
Carbon has sp3 hybridization (hybridize one s-orbital and three p-orbitals) and four chlorine atoms are positioned symmetrically as corners in a tetrahedral configuration. Because of symmetrical geometry, carbon tetrachloride is non-polar molecule.
Electron configuration of carbon: ₆C 1s²2s²2p².
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