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Q.Draw structure of propanone and indicate its polarity.

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Propanone (acetone) is CH₃-CO-CH₃. The electronegative oxygen pulls the π-electrons of C=O toward itself, so the carbonyl carbon carries δ⊕ and the oxygen δ⊖; the molecular dipole points along the C=O bond toward oxygen. This polarity …

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