Conformational and dielectric analysis of hydrogen bonded polar binary mixtures of methyl benzoate with N-methylaniline

The dielectric properties of the hydrogen bonded binary system of non-associated polar liquid methyl benzoate (ester) and associated polar liquid N-methylaniline (secondary amine) were studied on both pure and equimolar binary mixtures of methyl benzoate and N-methylaniline in dilute solutions of benzene. AM1 semi-empirical calculations were performed on various conformers of the hydrogen bonded complex. The minimum enery conformer was selected and self-consistent reaction field calculations were performed on the resultant geometry to include solvent effects. The experimental value of dipole moment is compared with the calculated value for the conformers.