Question

polar or non-polar?

Answer 1

I believe it is non-polar am I correct?

Answer 2

i believe so, ask @aaronq

Answer 3

Yeah, it's non-polar because there is resonance between the oxygen atoms, thus they all carry the same partial charge and the individual dipole moments cancel out.

Answer 4

an easy trick to tell very quickly if its non polar or polar without drawing diagrams

Polar: includes 1.different diatomic elements HBr, or HCl etc
2. carbon bonded to two different atoms ex: C6H12O6
3. Contains nitrogen and other atoms
4. contains oxygen and other atoms

non polar: 1. same diatomic element H2, Br2
2. carbon and one other element ex CO2, (excludes carbon monoxide)

Answer 5

Those rules do not apply. What if you have bicarbonate? Is that polar because it has oxygen and other atoms?

Answer 6

correction* for the simpler ones