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Grade Upto college levelPhysical Chemistry

Which of the following hydrocarbons has the lowest dipolemoment? Give explanation.
(1) Trans-2-butene (2) 2-butyne (3) 1-butyne (4) But-1-en-3-yne

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11 Years agoGrade Upto college level
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Profile image of Sunil Kumar FP
11 Years ago
Dipole moment (μ) is the measure of net molecular polarity,
trans 2 butene has a dipole moment of 0 because the presence of each CH3 group on the opposite side cancels each other effect
Profile image of Sunil Kumar FP
11 Years ago

Dipole moment (μ) is the measure of net molecular polarity, trans 2 butene has a dipole moment of 0 because the presence of each CH3 group on the opposite side cancels each other effect