Abstract
THE values of the dipole moments of benzil and phenanthraquinone in various solvents, determined by us, and summarized below, suggest that the former molecule has a skew configuration in which the two C6H5-C=O units lie in planes which are nearly mutually perpendicular (see figure).
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CALDWELL, C., LE FÈVRE, R. Benzil—a Skew Molecule?. Nature 143, 803 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/143803a0
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