APPENDIX Table 1 Rules for Diene Absorption Value assigned to parent heteroannular or open chain diene Homoannular diene Increment for (a) each alkyl substituent or ring residue (b) the exocyclic nature of any double bond (c) a double bond extension (d) auxochrome —OAcyl —OAlkyl ~SAlkyl ~Q, —Br —NAlkyly 217 nm. 36 nm Sam Snm 30 nm Onm 6nm 30 am Sam 60 nm (Reprinted with permission from.A.L. Scott, Interpretation of the Ultraviolet Spectra of Natural Products, Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1964.) RealeTable II Rules for o(8-Unsaturated Ketone and Aldehyde Absorption 7 a c=C-C=C-C=0 € values are usually above 10 000 and increase with the length of the con- jugated system, ee Value assigned to parent of-unsaturated six-ring or acyclic ketone 215 nm Value assigned to parent of-unsaturated five-ring ketone 202 nm Value assigned to parent of-unsaturated aldehyde 207 nm Increments for (a) a double bond extending the conjugation 30 nm (b) each alkyl group or ring residue a 10 nm 8 12nm ‘yand higher 18 nm (c) auxochromes (i)-OH 35 nm 6 30 nm. 8 50 am a, 8,6 6am « 35 nm 6 30 am ¥ 17 nm 5 31 nm iv) SA B 85 nm (yJ-Cl ow 15am 8 120m (i) -Br 25 nm 8 30 nm (vii) NR. 8 95 nm (d) each exocyclic double bond 5 am (e) homoannular diene 39 nm E10H Total Aeale (Reprinted with permission from A.I. Scott, Interpretation of the Ultraviolet Spectra of Natural Products, Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1964.)Table III Rules for of-Unsaturated Acid and Ester Absorption ¢ values are usually above 10 000 f-monosubstituted cB- or (i-disubstituted B6-trisubstituted Increment for (a) .2 double bond extending the conjugation (b) exocyclic double bond {c) when the double bond is endocyclic in a five- or seven-membered ring Total 208 nm 217 nm 225 nm 30 nm Snm Som AcaleTable SV Rules for the Principal Band of Substituted Benzene Derivatives R-CyH4—-COZ Orientation eed nm Parent Chromophore: £ = alkyl or ting residue 246 2-H 250 &= OH or OAlkyl 230 Increment for each substituent: R= alkyl or ring residue oy me 3 Pp 10 R= OH, OMe, OAlkyl o- m 7 D 25 R=O7 oO i m 20 7 D> 78 R=C 0+, m- 0 D 10 R= Br O-, me 2, P 15 R=NH, O-, Me 13 Pp 58 R=NHAc O-, me 20 Dp 45 R= NHMe Pp B R=NMey Om 20 P 85