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Vacuum ultraviolet absorption spectra of simple amides

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Vacuum ultraviolet absorption spectra of six simple amides were measured. It was found that the positions of the firstππ * transition bands shift appreciably by the substitutions of methyl groups for hydrogen atoms of the NH2 and\(\begin{gathered} | \hfill \\ H - C = O \hfill \\ \end{gathered} \) groups. A general tendency is that the substitution in the NH2 group shifts the band toward longer wavelengths, in the\(\begin{gathered} | \hfill \\ H - C = O \hfill \\ \end{gathered} \) group however towards shorter wavelengths. This was explained satisfactorily by considering the nature of the band (intramolecular charge-transfer band) and the hyperconjugation effect of the methyl group.

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Vakuum-UV-Absorptions-Spektren von sechs einfachen Amiden wurden vermessen. Substitution von H durch Methyl am C-Atom des Formamids verschiebt den erstenππ *-Übergang zu kürzeren, am N-Atom zu längeren Wellenlängen. Dies kann durch die Natur der Bande (intramolekularer ‘charge transfer’) sowie durch Methylhyperkonjugation erklärt werden.

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Les spectres d'apsorption U.V. dans le vide ont été mesurés pour 6 amides simples. Le remplacement de H par CH3 sur l'atome de carbone de la formamide provoque un effet hypsochrome de la première transitionππ *; l'effet est batochrome pour la même substitution sur l'atome d'azote. Ceci peut être expliqué par la nature de la bande (transfert de charge intramoléculaire) et par l'hyperconjugaison du méthyle.

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Kaya, K., Nagakura, S. Vacuum ultraviolet absorption spectra of simple amides. Theoret. Chim. Acta 7, 117–123 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01151913

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