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Why dipole moment of ethanol is less than methanol.?????????????????????????

Why dipole moment of ethanol is less than methanol.?????????????????????????

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Saurav
224 Points
5 years ago
This is so because +I of ethyl group is greater than that of methyl group
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Manda Snehashish Reddy
113 Points
5 years ago
It is because of the +I of ethyl group and also because of vectors. You see, Ethanol is more symmetric than Methanol is.

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