Abstract Satisfactory correlations were found of the frequencies of the title band (νCO) with 6+ and other substituent constants. The correlations proved valid for benzophenones with both neutral and anionic substituents (more than 100 compounds). The integrated intensities of the νCO bands (A1/2 CO) did not correlate with any type of substituent constants; the decrease in ACO in the cases of benzophenones with strong electron-releasing substituents was ascribed to a resonance-induced intensity borrowing from νCO BY THE aromatic skeletal bands (8-type). This statement wa confirmed by IR data few deuterated benzophenones.
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