Dipole moment of CCl4 is zero while that of CHCl3 is non zero. explain.

Both CCl₄ & CHCl₃ have tetrahedral structure but CCl₄ is symmetrical while CHCl₃ is non-symmetrical.

Due to the symmetric.al structure of CCl₄ the resultant of bond dipoles comes out to be zero. But in case of CHCl₃ it is not possible as the presence of hydrogen introduces some dissymmetry.

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