Magnetochemical Study of Nitroso Compounds

Abstract

Abstract The magnetic susceptibility of nine nitroso compounds, as solids and as solutes, were measured by the Gouy method. The constant for the nitroso group attached to a carbon atom was found to be paramagnetic of the order of 10 units. The author suggested that the second term in Van Vleck’s equation for the diamagnetism of a molecule is dominant in this case. Some quinones and their monoximes were also measured, and it appeared that the ability of the oxime group to localize aromatic electrons is less than that of the carbonyl group. In addition, the structure of nitrosodialkylaniline hydrochloride was discussed from the magnetic standpoint.