The electronic effect on the intramolecular interaction between the hydroxyl group and the π- electrons of the benzene nucleus was studied with various ω-aryl-alkanols. In 2- arylethanols, introduction of an electron-releasing group into the benzene nucleus gives rise to the shift of the ν O–H absorption maxima to a lower wave number and to greater integrated intensities of the band due to the interacting form, and introduction of an ...