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Is ClF5 polar or nonpolar? Fully explain your answer.

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ClF 5 is polar.


VSEPR(Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion) theory predicts this results in a square pyramidal molecular geometry. Square pyramidal geometries always result in polar molecules because the lone pair introduces asymmetry that prevents all the bond dipoles from cancelling out. This results in a net dipole and makes the molecule polar.
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