Indirect Determination of Electronic Transition Frequencies of Coronene,Triphenylene and 1,2,5,6-Dibenzanthracene in the Vapor Phase

Frequencies of absorption band maxima for the first two electronic singlet transitions of coronene, triphenylene and 1,2,5,6-dibenzanthracene in vapor phase were calculated indirectly from solution spectral data. The calculations were based on two different models: the first one was a linear correlation between the solution absorption frequencies in nonpolar solvents and the solvent refractive indices. The accuracy of both methods was checked with anthracene and some of its derivatives: both methods gave a good agreement with the experimental values.