Use Woodward-Fieser Rules to Estimate The $\lambda$ _max for the Following Compound

question 99

Multiple Choice

Use Woodward-Fieser rules to estimate the $\lambda$ _max for the following compound.

• A) 238 nm
• B) 233 nm
• C) 222 nm
• D) 229 nm
• E) none of these

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