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Pulse Radiolysis Investigations of Unimolecular Elimination Reactions in Free Radicals produced by OH Addition to Hydroxybenzenes

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DURING the course of the experimental research programmes in pulse radiolysis carried out independently at the Mount Vernon Hospital and the Paterson Laboratories, a new series of unimolecular free radical decomposition reactions has been observed. Some of the separate findings have been combined and are summarized in this introductory communication.

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  1. British Empire Cancer Campaign for Research, Research Unit in Radiobiology, Mount Vernon Hospital, Northwood, Middlesex

    G. E. ADAMS & B. D. MICHAEL

  2. Paterson Laboratories, Christie Hospital and Holt Radium Institute, Manchester, 20

    E. J. LAND

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ADAMS, G., MICHAEL, B. & LAND, E. Pulse Radiolysis Investigations of Unimolecular Elimination Reactions in Free Radicals produced by OH Addition to Hydroxybenzenes. Nature 211, 293–294 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/211293a0

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