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SINCE the literature contains only one experimental determination of the dipole moment of a keten derivative, namely, that by Hannay and Smyth1 of the parent member of the series, studied as a gas, we desire to record the following results obtained from solutions in benzene at 25°. They represent part of a programme which has had to be interrupted and cannot be resumed for some time.
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HUKINS, A., LE FÈVRE, R. Mesomeric Polarizations of Ketens. Nature 164, 1050–1051 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/1641050b0
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