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Chemical Communications

Polar stacking of molecules in liquid chloroform†

J. J. Shephard,ab   A. K. Soper,c   S. K. Callear,c   S. Imberti,c   J. S. O. Evansb  and  C. G. Salzmann*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, WC1H 0AJ London, UK
E-mail: c.salzmann@ucl.ac.uk

b Department of Chemistry, Durham University, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, UK

c ISIS Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Oxford, Didcot OX11 0QX, UK

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.

Graphical abstract: Polar stacking of molecules in liquid chloroform

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C4CC09235J
Article type
Communication
Submitted
19 Nov 2014
Accepted
22 Dec 2014
First published
22 Dec 2014

Chem. Commun., 2015,51, 4770-4773

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Polar stacking of molecules in liquid chloroform

J. J. Shephard, A. K. Soper, S. K. Callear, S. Imberti, J. S. O. Evans and C. G. Salzmann, Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 4770 DOI: 10.1039/C4CC09235J

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