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Ultraviolet and Visible Spectroscopy

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The absorption of ultraviolet/visible radiation by a molecule leads to transitions among the electronic energy levels of the molecule, and for this reason the alternative title electronic spectroscopy is often preferred.

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Further Reading

Main Texts

  • Stern, E. S. and Timmons, C. J., An Introduction to Electronic Absorption Spectroscopy in Organic Chemistry, Arnold, London (3rd edn, 1970).

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  • Friedel, R. A. and Orchin, M., Ultraviolet Spectra of Aromatic Compounds, Wiley, New York (1951). These two books, although now rather old, contain a fund of data, spectra and interpretation.

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  • Scott, A. I., Interpretation of the Ultraviolet Spectra of Natural Products, Pergamon, Oxford (1964). The authoritative work on Woodward rules, etc.

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  • Hunt, R. W. C., Measuring Colour, Wiley, Chichester (1987). ACOL text.

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  • Denney, R. and Sinclair, R., Visible and Ultraviolet Spectroscopy, Wiley, Chichester (1987). ACOL text.

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  • Knowles, A. and Burgess, C. (Eds.), Practical Absorption Spectrometry, Chapman and Hall, London (1984).

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  • Chamberlin, G. J. and Chamberlin, D. G., Colour, Heyden, London (1980).

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Spectra Catalogs

  • Friedel and Orchin (1951) includes large numbers of spectra.

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  • Clar, E., Polycyclic Hydrocarbons, Volumes 1 and 2, Springer, Berlin, and Academic Press, London (1965). Very many condensed aromatic hydrocarbon systems described, with electronic spectra.

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  • DMS UV Atlas of Organic Compounds, Verlag Chemie, Weinheim, and Butterworths, London. Up-to-date series of well-presented spectra.

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  • Sadtler Handbook of Ultraviolet Spectra, Sadtler, Pennsylvania, and Heyden, London (1979). 200 UV-VIS spectra.

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Supplementary Texts

  • Crabbé, P., Optical Rotatory Dispersion and Circular Dichroism in Organic Chemistry, Holden-Day, San Francisco (1965).

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  • Nordling, C., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 11 (1972), 83. Review of ESCA.

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  • Brundle, C. R., Baker, A. D. and Thompson, M., Chem. Soc. Rev., 1 (1972), 355. Review of ESCA.

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  • Nakanishi, K. and Horada, N., Circular Dichroism Spectroscopy, Oxford University Press, New York (1983).

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  • Rendell, D., Fluorescence and Phosphorescence, Wiley, Chichester (1987).

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  • Nowicki-Jankowska, T., Gorkzynska, K., Malik, A. and Wietecka, E., Analytical Ultraviolet and Visible Spectroscopy. Volume 19 of Comprehensive Analytical Chemistry, Elsevier, Amsterdam (1986).

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  1. Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK

    William Kemp (Senior Lecturer in Organic Chemistry)

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Kemp, W. (1991). Ultraviolet and Visible Spectroscopy. In: Organic Spectroscopy. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-15203-2_4

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