Donor-acceptor systems interaction, potential shifts

The preference of this conformation (the barrier hindering the rotation of the p-XCgH — at X = Cl, CHj, CFj amounts to 8.5 kcal/mol., cf. also ° 0 is assumed to be due, at least partially, to the donor-acceptor interaction between the K-system of the aryl residue and the carbenium centre at Cjg in the electronic absorption spectra of the 9-p-X-phenyl-9,10-dimethylphenanthrenium ions the charge transfer bands have been revealed whose position correlates well with the ionization potentials of respective X-substituted benzenes. Judging by the NMR- C spectra, however, the extent of this interaction in the main state of ions is insignificant — the chemical shift of the Cjo atom nearly remains unchanged as the X substituent... 

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