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Raman Spectra of Benzene and Toluene

Nature volume 128, page 796 (1931)Cite this article

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I HAVE during the last summer, at Macdonald Physical Laboratory, McGill University, examined the Raman spectra of benzene and toluene under the fairly high dispersion of 4-5 A. per mm. This work has revealed that the line in the neighbourhood of 1000 cm.-1, always characteristic of the benzene ring, is complex.

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HOWLETT, L. Raman Spectra of Benzene and Toluene. Nature 128, 796 (1931). https://doi.org/10.1038/128796a0

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