Is ClF3 polar or non polar?

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Please find below the solution of your asked query:

ClF₃ - Chlorine Trifluoride:

To find the polarity firstly we have to draw the Lewis dot structure:

 

• Geometry of the compound Trigonal bipyramidal.
• Hybridization is sp³d.
• Now, as the molecular geometry of ClF₃ is T-shaped with asymmetric charge distribution around the central atom.
• Therefore ClF₃ is polar.

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