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The C-Cl dist. In H3C-Cl & F3C-Cl are 1.78A and 1.75A. Explain.

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Lokesh Verma ·

in CF3Cl, carbon is attached to highly electronegative species of Florine.

So there is a +ve charge induced on C due to the -I effect of F.

So there will be more attraction from Cl on C. Thus the bond length will decrese.

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