ISSN:
1089-7690
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
The spectra of the diketone compounds biacetyl, acetylacetone, acetonylacetone, 1,2-cyclohexanedione, and 1,4-cyclohexanedione have been investigated by the technique of low-energy variable-angle electron energy-loss spectroscopy. With this method low-lying, spin-forbidden transitions have been observed. The energy difference between the lowest spin-allowed and spin-forbidden n→π* excitations in the acyclic diketones is found to be 0.35 eV, on average, which is nearly the same as that of comparable acyclic monoketone compounds; in 1,2-cyclohexanedione, however, this energy difference is 0.84 eV, more than twice as large. This discrepancy in the magnitude of the n→π* singlet–triplet splittings may be attributed to differing amounts of overlap between the initial and final orbitals.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.452418
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