Draw and describe how an ionic compound like NaCl might interact with water through ion-dipole attractions.
Ion -dipole interaction is a type of interaction that occurs when ionic compounds/ ions are present in the vicinity of a polar molecule. One such case is observed when NaCl is dissolved in water.Water is polar due to the higher electronegativity of Oxygen molecule. Thus, in the H2O molecule the O-H bonds are polar with O aquiring - and H acquiring + charge. The - part of the water molecule will interact with Na+ through ion-dipole interaction and the solvent will so arrange that its negatively charged ion (O) is towards the Na+.
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