On the dipole moments of some organic aliphatic compounds

Abstract

AbstractIt is shown that the trend of the atomic refraction of a definite hydrogen or halogen atom in a certain series of methane derivatives can be correlated with the trend of the dipole moments of these substances. It turns out, that it is not necessary to assume a repulsion effect between the halogen atoms in CHX3 to explain the difference of the dipole moments of CH3X and CHX3.The theory is extended to halogenated alkanes with more than one carbon atom. All the regularities occurring here can be explained in a simple way.Generally speaking, the dipole moments of the compounds considered can be understood satisfactorily when we notice the number and the strength of the bonds of the hydrogen atoms on the carbon atom, which also carries the halogen atoms.