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The electronic spectra of benzyl fluoride, benzal fluoride, and benzotrifluoride have been studied in polarized light at 4‡ K. An attempt is made to interpret the special features observed in the spectra by associating them with the effect of the different fluoromethyl substituents.
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Klimusheva, G.V., Yagupol'skii, L.M. & Yaremko, R.V. Effect of fluoromethyl substituents on the spectral properties of the benzene ring. Theor Exp Chem 5, 254–258 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01109674
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