Polar stacking of molecules in liquid chloroform

Shephard, J.J.; Soper, A.K.; Callear, S.K.; Imberti, S.; Evans, J.S.O.; Salzmann, C.G.

Abstract

Using neutron diffraction and the isotopic substitution technique we have investigated the local structure of liquid chloroform. A strong tendency for polar stacking of molecules with collinear alignment of dipole moments is found. We speculate that these polar stacks contribute to the performance of chloroform as a solvent.

Citation

Shephard, J., Soper, A., Callear, S., Imberti, S., Evans, J., & Salzmann, C. (2015). Polar stacking of molecules in liquid chloroform. Chemical Communications, 51(23), 4770-4773. https://doi.org/10.1039/c4cc09235j

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Mar 21, 2015
• Deposit Date: May 4, 2015
• Publicly Available Date: May 5, 2015
• Journal: Chemical Communications
• Print ISSN: 1359-7345
• Electronic ISSN: 1364-548X
• Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 51
• Issue: 23
• Pages: 4770-4773
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/c4cc09235j
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1439171