220-250 nm, data of

G. El Dib, A. Chakir, E. Roth, J. Brion, and D. Daumont, "Study of benzylperoxy radical using laser photolysis: Ultraviolet spectrum, self-reaction, and reaction with HO₂ kinetics," J. Phys. Chem. A 110, 7848-7857 (2006); DOI: 10.1021/jp056860p,

255-290nm, mean of the data of

T. Etzkorn, B. Klotz, S. Sørensen, I.V. Patroescu, I. Barnes, K.H. Becker, and U. Platt, "Gas-phase absorption cross sections of 24 monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the UV and IR spectral ranges," Atmos. Environ. 33, 525-540 (1999); DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(98)00289-1,

G. Thiault, A. Mellouki, G. Le Bras, A. Chakir, N. Sokolowski-Gomez, and D. Daumont, "UV-absorption cross sections of benzaldehyde, ortho-, meta-, and para-tolualdehyde," J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chem. 162, 273-281 (2004); DOI: 10.1016/j.nainr.2003.08.012, and

G. El Dib, A. Chakir, E. Roth, J. Brion, and D. Daumont, "Study of benzylperoxy radical using laser photolysis: Ultraviolet spectrum, self-reaction, and reaction with HO₂ kinetics," J. Phys. Chem. A 110, 7848-7857 (2006); DOI: 10.1021/jp056860p,

295-395 nm, mean of the data of

G. Thiault, A. Mellouki, G. Le Bras, A. Chakir, N. Sokolowski-Gomez, and D. Daumont, "UV-absorption cross sections of benzaldehyde, ortho-, meta-, and para-tolualdehyde," J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chem. 162, 273-281 (2004); DOI: 10.1016/j.nainr.2003.08.012,
(blue shifted by 4 nm between 335 and 375nm),

B. Xiang, C. Zhu, and L. Zhu, "Gas-phase absorption cross sections of 2-nitrobenzaldehyde and benzaldehyde in the 285-400 nm region, and photolysis of 2-nitrobenzaldehyde vapor at 308 and 351 nm," Chem. Phys. Lett. 474, 74-78 (2009); DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2009.04.056, and

J. Chen, J.C. Wenger, and D.S. Venables, "Near-ultraviolet absorption cross sections of nitrophenols and their potential influence on tropospheric oxidation capacity," J. Phys. Chem. A 115, 12235-12242 (2011); DOI: 10.1021/jp206929r

in the regions of overlap

Error in the table heading corrected: 10¹⁸σ/cm² instead of 10²⁰σ/cm²