Infrared Studies of Mono-substituted Copper(II) Benzoates. Influence of pKa, Polarisability, Mesomeric Effect antd Steric Effect

Chemical Laboratories, Agra College, Agra-282 002 Manuscript received 5 March 1979, accepted 31 July 1985 In ortho-, meta- and para-substituted nitro-, chloro- and methyl-compounds of copper(II) benzoates, the increase or decrease of antisymmetric COO stretching frequencies has been correlated with pKa, polarisability, mesomeric effect and steric effect