Answer to Question #24993 in Inorganic Chemistry for manu verma

Question

why ccldelta does not conduct electricity

Answer 1

CCl₄ is a liquid (at higher temperatures is a gas) and forms covalent bonding also it has no ions for bonding hence will not conduct electricity. In the carbon tetrachloride molecule, four chlorine atoms are positioned symmetrically as corners in a tetrahedral configuration joined to a central carbon atom by single covalent bonds. Because of this symmetrical geometry, CCl₄ is non-polar.