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THE usual formula given to the nitro group is containing a co-ordinate link1, and it is sup-ported by the parachor evidence2. On account of this dissymmetry, both the compounds 1-4-dinitrobenzene and 1-3-5-trinitrobenzene should possess finite electric dipole moments. Also studies in benzene3 and in naphthalene4 have resulted in moments of 0·6 and 0·8 Debye units being ascribed to the di- and tri-substituted compounds respectively.
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JENKINS., H. Structure of the Nitro Group. Nature 134, 217 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1038/134217a0
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