Question

Carbon tetrachlorida CCl4, bp-77 celcius, is a very potent ozone depleter. An unethical grad student decides to dispose of 100mL (1mole) of carbon tetrachloride by boiling it off into the atmosphere. Estimate the percentage of C-Cl bonds in the original molecules that would be broken by this boiling process.

Compare the strength of the dipole-dipole attraction and induced dipole-induced dipole attaction (London or dispersion forces) to each other and for each effect, draw the structure of a molecule whose boiling point is primarily determined by that effect.

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