The electric birefringences and conformations of some phenylsilanes

Electric dipole moments and molar Kerr constants are reported for Ph3SiH, Ph3SiCl, (Ph3Si)2O, Ph2SiH2, Ph2SiMe2 and Ph2SiCl2 as solutes in carbon tetrachloride or cyclohexane solution at 298 K. The data are analysed in terms of the preferred solution-state conformations.