An ESCA study of the molecular core binding energies of the fluorobenzenes

The molecular core binding energies of the complete series of the fluorobenzenes have been measured using ESCA. The experimental values are interpreted in terms of all valence electron CNDO/2 SCF MO calculations. The measured binding energies have been used, in conjunction with previous data, to calculate charge distributions. Some comment is made on linewidths and charging effects.