dipolar aprotic solvent

dipolar aprotic solvent

[dī‚pō·lər ā‚präd·ik ′säl·vənt] (organic chemistry) A solvent with characteristically high polarity and low reactivity, that is, a solvent having a sizable permanent dipole moment that cannot donate labile hydrogen atoms to form strong hydrogen bonds; examples include acetonitrile, dimethyl sulfoxides, and hexamethylphosphoramide.