Which of the following compounds has dipole moment approximately equal to half of chlorobenzene?

o -

dicholorobenzene

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m -

dicholorobenzene

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p -

dicholorobenzene

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p -

choloronitrobenzene

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Solution

The correct option is A $o -$ dicholorobenzene
o-dichlorobenzene having higher dipole moment due to the higher electronegativity and high bond angle makes high dipole moment of the molecule.

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