Abstract
IN a note published in NATURE (Mar. 16, 1929), Prof. P. N. Ghosh pointed out from the results of Mahanti and Das Gupta (Ind. Jour. Phys., 3, 467; 1929) that the OH-radical is mainly responsible for producing the dipole moment in the case of the saturated normal alcohols, whether the carbon chain is open or closed, long or short. Recently (in a paper communicated to Phys. Zeit.) Mahanti has shown that the dipole moment is sensibly constant for a homologous series and its magnitude depends on the nature of the polar group, radical, or atom in the corresponding homologues. According to his view, all the alkyl chlorides should have a dipole moment of the order of 2 × 10−18 e.s.u. and the bromides of the order of 1.79 × 10−18 e.s.u. I have determined the dipole moments of a few organic halides by a heterodyne method and they agree well with the views and results of Mahanti. They are:
Similar content being viewed by others
Article PDF
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
GUPTA, D. Dipole Moment of some Organic Halides. Nature 125, 600 (1930). https://doi.org/10.1038/125600c0
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/125600c0
Comments
By submitting a comment you agree to abide by our Terms and Community Guidelines. If you find something abusive or that does not comply with our terms or guidelines please flag it as inappropriate.