chloroform has two types of dipoles C-H and three C-Cl they are polarized in opposite direction (delta plus) on the H and (delta) minus on the C in C-H and (delta plus) on the C and (delta) minus on the Cl. read more
Chloroform, on the other hand, is going to generally repel polar molecules and ions while congregating with other non-polar molecules. Chloroform also has bond angles of 110.3 is pretty similar to the bonding angles of methane (109.5) as well. read more