The near-ultraviolet absorption spectra of benzylchloride vapor have been photographed on a medium quartz spectrograph. Two systems of bands have been observed, one at 37 115 cm−1 and the other at 41 748 cm−1, which correspond to B2 ↓ A1 and A1 ↓ A1 electronic transitions. The observed spectra have been analysed in terms of fundamentals and overtones.
