π-Elektronen-Dipolmoment eines Pyridinium-N-phenol-betains

The ground state dipole moment of the π-electrons of 2.4.6-triphenyl-N- [3.5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxy-phenyl] -pyridinium-betain I, a highly solvatochromic substance, was determined by measuring the dielectric constant of a dilute solution and calculating first the dipole moment of the whole system (σ- and π-electrons) using the method of HALVERSTADT and KUMLER. The dipole moment of the π-electrons was then calculated, asuming the π-electron dipole to be imbedded in a spherical medium of dielectric constant 2. The value calculated by this method was compared with the π-electron dipole moment directly obtained from the dielectric constant of the dilute solution using a method of H. KUHN. This method is based on the assumption that a π-electron of a dissolved molecule sees the σ-electrons of the molecule and of the surrounding solvent, a saturated hydrocarbon, as a continuous uniform medium of dielectric constant 2. Thus the π-electron dipole of the solute molecule is regarded as being imbedded in a continuous medium of dielectric constant 2. It was found that the values of the π-electron dipole moments determined by the two methods agree well. Furthermore these experimental values agree with a theoretical value obtained in the case of N- [4-hydroxy-phenyl] -pyridinium-betain II using the one dimensional electron gas method including electron repulsion. The order of magnitude of the π-electron dipole moment of I clearly shows that the ground state of this molecule is highly polar.