UV Spectroscopy
University Syllabus
1. Introduction.
2. Beer-Lambert’s law, absorption of UV radiation by organic molecules leading to different excitations.
3.Terms used in UV Spectroscopy:
Chromophore,
Auxochrome,
Bathochromic shift,
Hypsochromic shift,
Hyperchromic and
Hypochromic effect.
4. Modes of electromagnetic transitions.
5. Effect of conjugation on position of UV band.
6. Calculation of λmax by Woodward and Fischer rules for dienes and enones.
7. Colour and visible spectrum.
8. Applications of UV Spectroscopy