Abstract
IN order to interpret the anomalous dipole moments observed in methyl halides, Mulliken1 has assumed that the s,p hybridization of the carbon atom is modified in the different compounds.
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DUCHESNE, J. Hybridization in the Methyl Radical of CH3X Molecules. Nature 159, 62–63 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1038/159062a0
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