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The dipole moment of carbon monoxide, CO\mathrm{CO}, is very small ( 0.12D0.12 \mathrm{D} ) even though the electronegativity difference between oxygen and carbon is rather large. Can you give an explanation of this from the Lewis structure? (Hint: think about possible resonance structures.)

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In this exercise, we need to explain the very small dipole moment of the CO molecule even though the electronegativity difference is rather large.

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