Hydrogen selenide (formula correctly written: H2Se) is polar, weakly acidic, soluble in water. (Its look-alike H2S is three times less in all these properties).
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Hydrogen selenide (HSe) is a polar molecule due to the unequal sharing of electrons between hydrogen and selenium atoms. This unequal sharing results in a slight negative charge on selenium and a slight positive charge on hydrogen, creating a dipole moment.
The molecule is nonpolar.
No, polar solutes are generally not soluble in nonpolar solvents.
Artificial flavors can be either polar or nonpolar, depending on their chemical structure. Some artificial flavors may have polar functional groups (such as hydroxyl or carbonyl groups), making them polar molecules, while others may have nonpolar structures, making them nonpolar molecules.
Polar bonds make a compound more soluble in polar solvents by facilitating interactions with the solvent molecules through dipole-dipole or hydrogen bonding. Nonpolar bonds make a compound more soluble in nonpolar solvents by reducing interactions with polar solvent molecules. Therefore, compounds with polar bonds are usually more soluble in polar solvents, while compounds with nonpolar bonds are more soluble in nonpolar solvents.
C2H2 (Ethyne or Acetylene) is nonpolar because the molecule has a linear geometry with symmetric electronegativity, resulting in an equal distribution of charge and no net dipole moment.