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There are two kinds of intermolecular forces of attraction present in liquid POCl3, they are:
1. London Dispersion Forces: It is a very weak attractive force. Since the electrons are constantly in motion, one end of the molecule is either temporarily positive or negative because of unsymmetrical distribution of electrons about the nucleus, because of these temporary dipoles, there exists a weak force of attraction between the molecules. It is also known as induced dipole- induced dipole attraction.
2. Dipole-Dipole attraction force: It is an electrostatic attraction between the positive or negative end of a molecule and the oppositely charged end of another dipole.