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Laws of Addition and Substitution in Atomic Reactions of Halogens

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QUANTITATIVE developments of the observations communicated some time ago1 on the reaction of N-chlorosuccinimide with toluene has led to a clarification of the reaction mechanism.

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  1. Department of Physical Chemistry, Université Libre de Bruxelles,

    JEAN ADAM, P. A. GOSSELAIN & P. GOLDFINGER

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ADAM, J., GOSSELAIN, P. & GOLDFINGER, P. Laws of Addition and Substitution in Atomic Reactions of Halogens. Nature 171, 704–705 (1953). https://doi.org/10.1038/171704b0

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