Spectroscopic Evidence for Complex Formation between Carbon Tetrachloride and Aromatic Hydrocarbons

Abstract
Spectrophotometric data in the ultraviolet range at 25°C indicate that carbon tetrachloride forms a weak charge‐transfer complex with benzene and with mesitylene. For 1:1 complexes the equilibrium constants are, respectively, 0.009±0.004 and 0.113±0.044 liter/g·mole.