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IN an earlier paper1, I discussed the longitudinal and transverse polarizabilities of a number of bonds, as calculated from data on refractivity, Kerr constant and depolarization factor. The C–C single bond was exceptional in having a very high ratio (c. 100: 1) of the longitudinal to the transverse polarizability. This indicates that in this bond the electrons can be displaced much more readily in a direction parallel to the bond than in a direction at right angles. It was suggested that this factor might be of importance in connexion with the structure of long-chain compounds.
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DENBIGH, K. Electron Mobility in Large Molecules. Nature 154, 642–643 (1944). https://doi.org/10.1038/154642b0
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