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WE have recently been investigating the far ultra-violet absorption spectra of a number of organic compounds of the type R1COOR2; R being an alkyl group or a hydrogen atom. It has been found that only the simplest of these, namely formic acid, shows discrete absorption bands in the region 2000–1000 A. The interpretation of the electronic structure of the carboxyl group will therefore depend to a considerable extent upon the analysis of these discrete bands.
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EVANS, W., PRICE, W. Absorption Spectrum of the Carboxyl Group in the Vacuum Ultra-Violet. Nature 139, 630–631 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/139630a0
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