Abstract
C. C. Caldwell and R. J. W. le Fèvre1, by a comparison of the dipole moments of benzil and of phenanthraquinone in various solvents, are able to suggest that the former molecule has a maximum stability when the two units lie in planes which are mutually perpendicular.
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KNAGGS, I., LONSDALE, K. Structure of Benzil. Nature 143, 1023–1024 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/1431023a0
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