Initial investigation of the electronic structure of propylene using magnetic circular dichroism with synchrotron radiation in the vacuum ultraviolet region

This research is a preliminary investigation into the electronic transitions of Propylene. This investigation will concentrate on understanding the techniques for smoothing and calculating Gaussian fits for the experimental data. This will include knowledge of the symmetry operations for the propylene molecule and the “allowed” electronic transitions for further application to the propylene spectrum in the vacuum ultraviolet. Understanding the symmetry of the molecule and the observed absorption and magnetic circular dichroism spectra is necessary for later labeling the electronic transitions.