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Is COS polar or non polar?

Updated: 8/11/2023
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12y ago

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The Lewis structure for COS is as follows:

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O=C=S

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Therefore, the molecular geometry is linear. However, even though linear geometries normally represent nonpolar Lewis structures, O is much more electronegative than S, so COS is polar.

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The C-S bond is nonpolar.

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polar

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Polar

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