Electronic Spectra of Cyclo-Octatetraene, Tetraphenylene, and s-Dibenzcyclo-Octatetraene
- 1 April 1956
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in The Journal of Chemical Physics
- Vol. 24 (4) , 771-776
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1742607
Abstract
The electronic transition energies of cyclo‐octatetraene, tetraphenylene and s‐dibenzcyclo‐octatetraene have been calculated by treating each molecule as four separate π‐electron subsystems, the excited configurations of which interact under the influence of the Hamiltonian for the complete system. The calculated transition energies for cyclo‐octatetraene and tetraphenylene are in good agreement with experimental data, while the calculations for s‐dibenzcyclo‐octatetraene suggest that the absorption data for this compound is in error.Keywords
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