Question

Carbon tetrachloride is a nonpolar solvent. What are the intermolecular forces of attraction that exist in carbon tetrachloride?

Answer 1

London dispersion forces only.

Explanation:

This is the Lewis dot structure for carbon tetrachloride, or `C Cl_4`:

From this, we can see that `C Cl_4` is a nonpolar molecule, because there is no center of negative and positive charge.

In nonpolar molecules, the only intermolecular forces present would be London dispersion forces.