The electronic absorption spectra of five polycyclic polyenes were recorded in non-polar solvents in order to determine their polarizability in excited states from the strength of the dispersive interactions in their diluted solutions. The bathochromic shifts of p-p* vibronic bands prove the increase of the molecular polarizabilty in the photon absorption process. Some molecular parameters of the analyzed polyenes in their ground state were computed by using the programs from Spartan�14.
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