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Acetone is quite polar, the central carbon is in the trigonal planar geometry, and the dipole vector to the oxygen won't be canceled by the two methyls in the other sides.
Chemistry and Chemical Reactivity (9th Edition)
by Kotz, John C.; Treichel, Paul M.; Townsend, John R.; Treichel, David A.
Published by
Cengage Learning
ISBN 10:
1133949649
ISBN 13:
978-1-13394-964-0
Chapter 13 Solutions and Their Behavior - Study Questions - Page 505a: 14
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