Date of Award
1995
Document Type
Thesis
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]
Snyder, Patricia Ann
Abstract
This research is devoted in part to investigating the electronic structure of benzene, which will help to provide a foundation for understanding its behavior. Absorption and magnetic circular dichroism (MCD) data were collected for benzene and deuterated benzene in the vacuum ultraviolet region of the electromagnetic spectrum from 67,870 cm^-1 to 67,155 cm^-1 (8.415 eV to 8.326 eV). MCD data, when considered along with absorption data, gives information about the symmetry designations of electronic transitions. It is concluded that benzene and deuterated benzene each show transitions to pz-type and several f-type Rydberg orbitals in this spectral range. In addition, several Fortran computer programs have been developed to aid in the determination of these orbital symmetries.
Extent
249 p.
Recommended Citation
Munger, Robert C., "Rydberg excitations of benzene using magnetic circular dichroism with synchrotron radiation from 8.41 to 8.33 eV" (1995). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1990 - 1999. 830.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_4/830
Identifier
FADT15150
Comments
Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1995.|Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1995.