Vibrational/UV Vis

Spectroscopy Information for Ethyl Benzene

There are three significant stretches for ethyl benzene; the C-H, C-C, and C=C stretches.

The table below shows the literature values for IR stretching frequencies.

Bonding	Stretching Frequencies (cm^-1)¹
C-H	3300-3000
C-C	1800-1750
C=C	1600-1590

For a reference spectrum, please visit the NIST website.

UV-Vis Spectroscopy

Excitation Energies (cm^-1) for varying basis sets.
	6-21G	6-31G	DZV
G→1	52138.98	51271.66	50427.95
G→2	53867.73	68254.02	51919.41
G→3	69401.64	--	66997.89
G→4	69929.52	68787.71	67337.11
G→5	--	--	75223.88
G→6	--	--	77138.18
G→7	--	--	77402.65
G→8	--	--	78242.83

To view literature UV-VIS, click here.

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References
(1) Weast, Robert C., Melvin J. Astle, and William H. Beyer. "Element Properties." CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics: A Ready-reference Book of Chemical and Physical Data. 60th ed. Boca Raton, FL: CRC, 1984. N. pag. Print.

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