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IIT JEE Entrance Exam

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

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7 Years agoGrade
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Profile image of Saurav
7 Years ago
This is so because +I of ethyl group is greater than that of methyl group
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Profile image of Manda Snehashish Reddy
7 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.