“…A number of authors have reported temperature-dependent values of the dipole moment µ for R-alanine, [54][55][56][57][58] β-alanine, 54,55,57,59,60 and proline. 61,62 Most of these are estimates of the effective dipole moment in dilute solutions from molar dielectric increments δ, as defined by the Kirkwood equation: 63,64 where µ is expressed in Debye and δ is expressed in m 3 ‚mol -1 .…”