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Abstract Volume 28 (2023) pp 6-11

Bringing the Dipole Moment Lab into the 21^st Century

Nelly A. Carrasco Bohorquez, Brian M. Barngrover, Alyx S. Frantzen*

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Stephen F. Austin State University, P.O. Box 13006, SFA Station Nacogdoches, TX 75962-3006; afrantzen@sfasu.edu
Received September 3, 2020. Accepted September 30, 2020.

Published: 27 January 2023

Abstract. A constant battle in the Physical Chemistry laboratory is access to the required equipment and a lack of the monetary resources to acquire the needed equipment. We attempt to revise the experiments using available and more modern equipment without spending excessive money. We have updated the dipole moment experiment from the Sime text [1] and included a distance learning extension using quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics calculations.

Key Words: Laboratories and Demonstrations; Physical Chemistry; Physical Properties; Dipole Moment; Laboratory; Distance Learning

(*) Corresponding author. (E-mail: afrantzen@sfasu.edu )

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Supporting Information for Bringing the Dipole Moment Lab into the 21st Century is available as a PDF file. The system of interest is selected. In the example given, the system is dichlorobenzene and toluene. One part will be treated molecular mechanically (solvent), the other quantum mechanically (solute). ( 295 KB)