1. Woodward Fieser Rule
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Unit III (Uv visible Spectroscopy)
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Woodward Fiser Rules
Woodward–Fieser rules ,(named after Robert Burns Woodward and Louis Fieseralso) are
sets of empirically derived rules which predict the wavelength of the absorption
maximum (λmax) in an ultraviolet–visible spectrum of a given organic molecule.
Inputs used in the calculation are the type of chromophores present, the auxochromes
(substituents on the chromophores), extended conjugation and solvent.
These rules are mostly applicable to two types of organic molecules:
i) conjugated dienes,and polyenes.
ii) conjugated carbonyl compounds
ƛmax (Cal.) = Base Value for diene + Ʃcontribution for substituents
+ Ʃcontribution from other factors
For a good number of examples
ƛmax (Cal.) ᴝ ƛmax (Exp.)
conjugated dienes, and polyenes.