LIGHT ABSORPTION STUDIES: PART XVIII. THE ULTRAVIOLET ABSORPTION SPECTRA OF BROMOBENZENES

1961 ◽  
Vol 39 (5) ◽  
pp. 1131-1142 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. F. Forbes

The ultraviolet absorption spectra of bromobenzene in various solvents, and the spectra of a series of substituted bromobenzenes in cyclohexane solution, are reported. The B-band spectral data confirm the hypotheses postulated for the B-band spectra of chlorobenzenes in the previous part of this series of papers. That is, the bromine atom usually gives rise to greater steric effects than the chlorine atom and the apparent mesomeric interaction as judged from these spectra increases with the size of the halogen substituent.Both bromobenzene and chlorobenzene C-band intensities are unusually small, and this is assumed to account for the frequent C-band similarity between the spectrum of a mono-substituted benzene derivative PhX, where X = OH, OCH3, NH2, and the spectrum of the corresponding chloro- or bromo-substituted PhX derivative.

1955 ◽  
Vol 33 (12) ◽  
pp. 1829-1839 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. F. Forbes ◽  
M. B. Sheratte

The spectra of a number of substituted benzoic acids, acetanilides, and phenyl benzoates are discussed in terms of the electronic and steric effects of substituents.


1959 ◽  
Vol 37 (8) ◽  
pp. 1305-1314 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. C. Dearden ◽  
W. F. Forbes

Anisoles, compared with phenols, possess similar spectral properties, except that properties determined mainly by the hydrogen atom of the hydroxy group are modified. In this way, comparison of the ultraviolet absorption spectra of phenols and anisoles permits, for example, the study of the spectral effects of hydrogen bonding and the study of steric interactions involving the hydroxy and methoxy groups.


1958 ◽  
Vol 36 (10) ◽  
pp. 1362-1370 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. C. Dearden ◽  
W. F. Forbes

The electronic spectra of benzaldehydes in the region 220–360 mμ are recorded and discussed in terms of previously stated hypotheses. The formyl group is shown to endow benzene derivatives with spectral properties similar to those of the acetyl group in acetophenones, except that steric interactions are slightly modified.


1958 ◽  
Vol 36 (10) ◽  
pp. 1350-1361 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. F. Forbes

The spectra of nitrobenzenes are discussed in terms of previously proposed hypotheses relating electronic interactions and ultraviolet absorption spectra.


1959 ◽  
Vol 37 (8) ◽  
pp. 1294-1304 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. C. Dearden ◽  
W. F. Forbes

A spectral analysis of benzene derivatives is extended to substituted phenols. The discussion emphasizes hydrogen bonding and steric effects which occur in phenols. Some of the phenolic absorption bands are ascribed to locally excited states.


1959 ◽  
Vol 37 (12) ◽  
pp. 1977-1985 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. F. Forbes

The ultraviolet absorption spectra of a series of fluorobenzenes are determined. It is found that as a first approximation a fluoro substituent does not appreciably affect the benzenoid absorption. The spectra are discussed on the assumption that the mesomeric effect of the fluorine atom is small.


1960 ◽  
Vol 38 (7) ◽  
pp. 1104-1112 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. F. Forbes

The ultraviolet absorption spectra of a series of chlorobenzenes are determined. The spectral data suggest that the apparent mesomeric effect of the chlorine atom is greater than that of the fluorine atom, that solvent–solute interactions are generally less important in chlorobenzenes than in fluorobenzenes, and that, as expected, the effective interference radius of the chlorine atom is large. Moreover, spectral changes in o-substituted chlorobenzenes are consistent with the assumption that maximum electronic interaction requires the chlorine atom to be in the same plane as the benzene ring. The conformations of o-chloroacetophenone and o-chlorophenol are briefly discussed.


1965 ◽  
Vol 43 (9) ◽  
pp. 2603-2609 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Balasubramanian ◽  
J. C. Dearden ◽  
W. F. Forbes ◽  
N. F. Cheetham

Steric effects, previously reported by other workers in o- and o,o′-alkyl-substituted anisoles, were reinvestigated using compounds carefully purified by vapor phase chromatography. The ultraviolet spectral data indicate that the o-alkyl-substituted anisoles exist in one conformation, whereas the investigated o,o′-dialkyl-substituted anisoles exist in a different conformation. The conformations appear to be almost independent of the size of the substituent groups. Infrared, dipole moment, and other data are consistent with this interpretation.


1961 ◽  
Vol 39 (11) ◽  
pp. 2295-2305 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. F. Forbes

As a sequel to previous studies on the ultraviolet absorption spectra of halogen-substituted benzenes the spectra of iodobenzene in various solvents, and the spectra of a series of substituted iodobenzenes in cyclohexane solution, are reported. It is shown that these spectra can be rationalized qualitatively in terms of simple resonance theory, if the apparent mesomeric effect of the iodine atom is assumed to be greater for iodine than for the other halogen atoms.


1955 ◽  
Vol 33 (6) ◽  
pp. 1145-1154 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. F. Forbes ◽  
W. A. Mueller

The steric hindrance postulated by Arnold and co-workers to account for anomalous reaction rates of some substituted acetophenones has been verified by means of ultraviolet light absorption data. The spectra of a number of other substituted acetophenones have been discussed in terms of the electronic and steric effects of substituents.


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