Spectroscopy with the polarizable solvent diiodomethane

Abstract

The polarizable solvent CH₂I₂ causes ¹H NMR upfield chemical shifts of 1.5 ppm as well as bathochromic shifts of a dye greater than those caused by polar solvents such as methanol.

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