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Statement 1: The chlorine atom in HCl develops a partial negative charge and hydrogen atoms develop a partial positive charge.

Statement 2: A chlorine atom with a lower electronegativity attracts the shared pair of electrons towards its nucleus.


A

Neither statement 1 nor statement 2 is correct

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Statement 2 is the correct explanation for statement 1

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C

Only statement 2 is correct

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D

Only statement 1 is correct

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Solution

The correct option is D

Only statement 1 is correct


The chlorine atom in HCl develops a partial negative charge and hydrogen atoms develop a partial positive charge due to the higher electronegativity of chlorine. This allows chlorine to draw a shared pair of electrons towards it. Such compounds are called polar covalent compounds.


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