The inductive effect in π-electron systems

Abstract
The spectral inertness of the -NH3 + group is examined using a potential which has both short- and long-range characteristics. The positively charged nitrogen dominates the potential, although to obtain a satisfactory description account must be taken of the repulsion arising from overlap of substituent and ring orbitals. The substituent parameters for the potential are estimated. Using perturbation theory the shifts of bands associated with a re-arrangement of charge within the molecule are calculated assuming that only the inductive effect of the substituent is important. Finally the potential used in this paper is compared to that of Bishop and Craig [4].

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