Optical absorption spectrum of the solvated electron in some liquid amides and amines

Optical absorption spectrum of the solvated electron in polar liquids and in binary solutions

“…5 in which the wavelength of Amax is shown for a· large number of compounds. The hydroxy compounds include water (16), several aliphatic alcohols from our earlier work (1), the recently determined spectrum in 2-methoxyethanol (17,6) and the interesting cases of 2-methyl-2-propanol and 2-methyl-2-butanol recently reported by Hentz and Kenney-Wallace (17). The data shown for the ethers, all far out in the infra-red, are from our reports of the past few years (3,4).…”

“…In our investigations of the optical absorption spectrum of the solvated electron (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6) in polar liquids we have, over the past four years, focussed much of our attention on the important question of whether., and to what extent, short-range interactions may be a dominant factor, along with the bulk solvent properties, in determining.the optical properties of the solvated electron. We have approached this question with three different types of experiments: (a) a broad survey of the spectrum of esol in different classes of compounds (3)(4)(5)(6) with a view to determining whether the spectral grouping (3,7) of these absorptions showed any marked dependence upon class of compouhd;…”

“…We have approached this question with three different types of experiments: (a) a broad survey of the spectrum of esol in different classes of compounds (3)(4)(5)(6) with a view to determining whether the spectral grouping (3,7) of these absorptions showed any marked dependence upon class of compouhd;…”