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. 2014 Apr 1;10(7):2802–2812. doi: 10.1021/ct500016d

Table 4. Calculated and Experimental Dipole Moments (D).

molecule 1.14*CM1A 1.27*CM5 1.00*CM5 exptl.a
methanol 2.03 2.20 1.67 1.70
chloromethane 2.14 2.27 1.79 1.89
methylamine 1.95 1.74 1.29 1.31
methanethiol 1.74 1.86 1.44 1.52
dimethyl ether 1.88 2.11 1.54 1.30
dimethyl sulfide 1.91 2.01 1.49 1.55
acetonitrile 4.30 4.92 3.88 3.92
dimethylamine 1.81 1.66 1.13 1.01
propene 0.28 0.49 0.38 0.37
acetone 3.29 3.74 2.93 2.88
acetaldehyde 3.01 3.45 2.71 2.75
acetic acid 2.04 2.11 1.67 1.70
methyl acetate 2.23 2.40 1.90 1.72
methyl formate 1.97 2.29 1.83 1.77
acetamide 3.73 4.81 3.71 3.76
(Z)-N-methylacetamide 3.73 4.85 3.77 3.80b
(E)-N-methylacetamide 4.30 5.18 4.04 4.17e
N,N-dimethylacetamide 4.27 5.22 3.99 3.82
nitroethane 5.25 4.80 3.80 3.23
dimethyl sulfoxide 5.05 5.76 4.46 3.96
fluorobenzene 1.76 2.09 1.65 1.60
chlorobenzene 1.95 2.02 1.59 1.69
bromobenzene 1.82 2.41 1.90 1.70
benzonitrile 4.89 5.84 4.60 4.18
toluene 0.35 0.58 0.46 0.38
trifluorotoluene 2.97 3.32 2.61 2.86
phenol 1.86 1.87 1.28 1.22
anisole 1.78 2.00 1.39 1.38
aniline 1.60 2.36 1.86 1.13
N-methylaniline 1.75 2.60 2.06  
N,N-dimethylaniline 1.89 2.72 2.17 1.68
nitrobenzene 6.57 5.76 4.53 4.22
acetophenone 3.60 4.01 2.99 3.02
benzamide 4.02 4.90 3.53 3.55c
α-methylstyrene 0.37 0.56 0.42  
methyl benzoate 2.49 2.44 1.82 [1.94]
thiophenol 1.48 1.51 1.13 1.13c
thioanisole 1.92 2.05 1.56 [1.31]d
pyridine 1.75 2.55 2.01 2.22
mean unsigned error     0.16  
a

Gas-phase values from ref (55). Brackets indicate dipole moments estimated in solution.

b

Ref (56).

c

Ref (57).

d

Ref58.

e

Ref (24), theoretically estimated.