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Dipole movement

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Why dipole movement is zero in trans-But-2-ene?

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Madhusudan Chavan

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3 Feb 2012 18:01:21 IST

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Symmetrical trans alkenes are non-polar and hence have zero dipole moment since the dipole moments of individual groups being equal and opposite exactly cancel out each other.

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