Electric dipole moments and molar Kerr constants of Phenyl- and Diphenylpyridylmethanes

Abstract

The difference in total polarization (ΔP) or dipole moment (ΔP) of 2- benzyl-pyridine, 4-benzylpyridine, diphenyl-2-pyridylmethane, diphenyl- 3-pyridylmethane, or diphenyl-4-pyridylmethane in carbon tetrachloride relative to benzene solution provides evidence of weak interaction between these amines and the former solvent. The molar Kerr constants of the amines in the two solvents for 4-benzylpyridine and diphenyl-4- pyridylmethane are analysed to yield the preferred angles of orientation of the phenyl and 4-pyridyl rings in these two molecules.