Summary
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It was shown by x-ray studies that 1,4,5,8-tetrabromonaphthalene prepared by Dhar actually is the 1,3,5,7-isomer.
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The structure of 1,3,5,7-tetrabromonaphthalene was determined by projection of electron density on the ac facet.
Literature cited
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J. S. Whitehurst, Private communication of June16, 1961.
A. I. Kitaigorodskii, “Organic Crystallochemistry,” Izd. AN SSSR, M., (1955).
M. A. Davydova and Yu. T. Struchkov, Zh. strukturnoi Khimii2, 69 (1961).
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Davydova, M.A., Struchkov, Y.T. X-ray determination of the structural formula of one of the isomeric tetrabromonaphthalenes. Russ Chem Bull 11, 1053–1054 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00905237
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00905237