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carbon suboxide C3O2 is a colorless pungent-smelling gas does it possess a dipole moment

carbon suboxide C3O2 is a colorless pungent-smelling gas does it possess a dipole moment

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No, Corbin suboxide, C3O2, does not have dipole moment. The structure is linear (O=C=C=C=O). The bond moments of two C=O bonds are exactly same in magnitude, but are in exactly opposite directions. So those two cancel each other. Therefore the net dipole moment of the compound is zero.

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