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. 2022 Dec 9;10:1088613. doi: 10.3389/fchem.2022.1088613

TABLE 2.

Percentage of the Debye (permanent-permanent), Keeson (permanent-induced) and London (induced-induced) contributions to van der Waals dipolar interactions, as related to the permanent dipole and polarizability of typical compounds.

Compound Perm. Dipole a Polarizability b % debye %Keeson % london
Ccl4 100.0 0.00 10.70 0.0 0.0
Benzene 100.0 0.00 10.50 0.0 0.0
Toluene 99.0 0.43 11.80 0.1 0.9
Aniline 77.9 1.56 12.40 13.6 8.5
Ethanol 47.6 1.73 5.42 42.6 9.7
Water 10.5 1.82 1.44 84.8 4.5

Data from Table 10.2 of reference 17.

a

D units.

b

C m−2 units.