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IN recent papers1 we have shown how a correlation of the principal diamagnetic susceptibilities of an organic crystal with those for the molecules of the substance, offers a convenient method for determining the orientations of the molecules in the crystal lattice. The crystal of p-diphenylbenzene, the structure of which has recently been analysed by X-ray methods by Miss Pickett2, is a very suitable substance for determination of molecular orientations by this method. The crystal belongs to the monoclinic system and is found by Miss Pickett to contain two molecules in the unit cell. The molecule has a centre of symmetry; the three benzene rings lie in a plane, and their centres are in a line.
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KRISHNAN, K., BANERJEE, S. Molecular Orientations in p-Diphenylbenzene Crystal. Nature 132, 968–969 (1933). https://doi.org/10.1038/132968c0
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