Étude, par mesures de moment dipolaire, de la structure des complexes nitriles-donnhurs de proton

Abstract

The method of Few and Smith was applied to the study of complexes of various proton donors with nitriles. Interpretation of the experimental results leads to the conclusion that there is a preferred form for these complexes in which the polar moments of the associated molecules are perpendicular. This indicates that the association takes place by means of the π electrons of the triple CN bond, which is in accordance with the values of the ionization potentials of the electronic orbitais of the CN group.