What is the structure of fluoroform (CFH3)? Does it have a dipole, explain your answer.

CFH3 has a tetrahedral structure. It has a dipole pointing from the carbon to the fluorine because the fluorine is more electronegative than carbon. Fluorine is also much more electronegative than hydrogen so the C-F bond has a bigger bond dipole than the C-H bonds. So the C-H bonds don't cancel out the C-F bond dipole.

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