Chemical Boiling Dielectric Dipole

Solvent Density
formula point[8] constant[9] moment
Non-polar solvents
CH3-CH2-CH2- 0.626
Pentane 36 °C 1.84 0.00 D
CH2-CH3 g/ml
0.751
Cyclopentane C5H10 40 °C 1.97 0.00 D
g/ml
CH3-CH2-CH2- 0.655
Hexane 69 °C 1.88 0.00 D
CH2-CH2-CH3 g/ml
0.779
Cyclohexane C6H12 81 °C 2.02 0.00 D
g/ml
0.879
Benzene C6H6 80 °C 2.3 0.00 D
g/ml
0.867
Toluene C6H5-CH3 111 °C 2.38 0.36 D
g/ml
/-CH2-CH2-O- 1.033
1,4-Dioxane 101 °C 2.3 0.45 D
CH2-CH2-O-\ g/ml
1.498
Chloroform CHCl3 61 °C 4.81 1.04 D
g/ml
CH3-CH2-O-CH2- 0.713
Diethyl ether 35 °C 4.3 1.15 D
CH3 g/ml
Polar aprotic solvents
Dichloromethane 1.3266
CH2Cl2 40 °C 9.1 1.60 D
(DCM) g/ml
Tetrahydrofuran /-CH2-CH2-O- 0.886
66 °C 7.5 1.75 D
(THF) CH2-CH2-\ g/ml
CH3-C(=O)-O- 0.894
Ethyl acetate 77 °C 6.02 1.78 D
CH2-CH3 g/ml
0.786
Acetone CH3-C(=O)-CH3 56 °C 21 2.88 D
g/ml
Dimethylformamide 0.944
H-C(=O)N(CH3)2 153 °C 38 3.82 D
(DMF) g/ml
0.786
Acetonitrile (MeCN) CH3-C≡N 82 °C 37.5 3.92 D
g/ml
Dimethyl sulfoxide 1.092
CH3-S(=O)-CH3 189 °C 46.7 3.96 D
(DMSO) g/ml
 1.205
Propylene carbonate C4H6O3 240 °C 64.0 4.9 D
g/ml
Polar protic solvents
1.21
Formic acid H-C(=O)OH 101 °C 58 1.41 D
g/ml
CH3-CH2-CH2- 0.810
n-Butanol 118 °C 18 1.63 D
CH2-OH g/ml
CH3-CH(-OH)- 0.785
Isopropanol (IPA) 82 °C 18 1.66 D
CH3 g/ml
CH3-CH2-CH2- 0.803
n-Propanol 97 °C 20 1.68 D
OH g/ml
0.789
Ethanol CH3-CH2-OH 79 °C 24.55 1.69 D
g/ml
0.791
Methanol CH3-OH 65 °C 33 1.70 D
g/ml
1.049
Acetic acid CH3-C(=O)OH 118 °C 6.2 1.74 D
g/ml
100–103 1.1371
Nitromethane CH3-NO2 35.87 3.56 D
°C g/ml
1.000
Water H-O-H 100 °C 80 1.85 D
g/ml