Electronic spectra of aliphatic carbonyl compounds by electron impact spectroscopy: I. Saturated aldehydes

The electron impact energy loss spectra of acetaldehyde, propionaldehyde and isobutyraldehyde have been studied at an impact energy of 100 eV and a scattering angle of two degrees. Transitions are tentatively assigned on the basis of term values calculated with respect to ionization potentials determined by photoelectron spectroscopy. Substituent effects on Rydberg orbital energies are discussed using Taft σ* values.