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This article qualitatively discusses the Curtin-Hammett principle without mathematical treatment of the kinetic model. We show how the practical application of this principle can be extended to tautomers of several compounds and to explain the diazotization of aniline. The concept of ‘kinetic quenching’ is also discussed as a system where the Curtin-Hammett principle is inapplicable.
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Suchandra Chakraborty received her PhD from University of Calcutta in 2014 under the guidance of Chandan Saha. She works as CSIR Senior Research Fellow (Ext). Her research interest is in the area of synthetic organic chemistry.
Chandan Saha is Assistant Professor at the Department of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology, School of Tropical Medicine, Kolkata. He is engaged in teaching and research to develop methodologies and in the total synthesis of naturally occurring carbazole alkaloids.
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Chakraborty, S., Saha, C. The Curtin-Hammett principle. Reson 21, 151–171 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12045-016-0307-7
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