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HOMOLOGUES of benzaldehyde and nitrobenzene present an interesting transition from a bitter almond to a cumin type of odour which can be correlated with a transition in the pattern of frequencies observed in their far infrared spectra. The spectra were recorded from 500–80 cm−1 using a Perkin–Elmer model 301 far infrared spectrophotometer with the samples dissolved where necessary in n-heptane, usually at concentrations in the range 1–10 per cent.
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WRIGHT, R., ROBSON, A. Basis of Odour Specificity: Homologues of Benzaldehyde and Nitrobenzene. Nature 222, 290–292 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/222290a0
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