What makes hydrogen peroxide a polar molecule?

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anor277
Aug 8, 2016

Each hydrogen peroxide molecule contains 2xxO-H bonds.

Explanation:

As in water, the O-H bonds are polar, i.e there is substantial charge separation. Of course, the O-O bond itself is non-polar so that when we assign oxidation states to this molecule, we have H^(+I) and O^(-I). Nevertheless, we would rightly predict that hydrogen peroxide is polar.

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