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		<td style="border:1px solid #000;border-width:0 1px 1px 0;" rowspan="2">&nbsp;</td>
		<td style="border:1px solid #000;" colspan="4" align="middle" valign="middle">Dipole moment</td>
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		<td style="border:1px solid #000;" align="middle" valign="middle">X</td>
		<td style="border:1px solid #000;" align="middle" valign="middle">Y</td>
                <td style="border:1px solid #000;" align="middle" valign="middle">Z</td>
                <td style="border:1px solid #000;" align="middle" valign="middle">Tot</td>
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		<td style="border:1px solid #000;" align="middle" valign="middle">Propene</td>
		<td style="border:1px solid #000;" align="middle" valign="middle">0.3600</td>
		<td style="border:1px solid #000;" align="middle" valign="middle">0.0442</td>
		<td style="border:1px solid #000;" align="middle" valign="middle">0.0000</td>
		<td style="border:1px solid #000;" align="middle" valign="middle">0.3627</td>
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		<td style="border:1px solid #000;" align="middle" valign="middle">Cyclopropane</td>
		<td style="border:1px solid #000;" align="middle" valign="middle">-0.0001</td>
		<td style="border:1px solid #000;" align="middle" valign="middle">0.0002</td>
		<td style="border:1px solid #000;" align="middle" valign="middle">0.0000</td>
		<td style="border:1px solid #000;" align="middle" valign="middle">0.0002</td>
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<p>Obviously we get that the cyclopropane has no dipole moment. Furthermore we can deduce that the dipole moment of the propene has no component on Z, and it is mainly directed according to Z axe.</p>


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