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IN an earlier note1 it was shown how the study of the kinetics of nitration, particularly the study of reaction order, established (a) the formation of the nitronium ion, and (b) its effectiveness as the entity which attacks the aromatic molecule. Further kinetic investigation, particularly of salt and solvent effects, has given information on two other general features of the reaction. They relate to (c) the reaction stages by which the nitronium ion is formed, and (d) those by which it becomes a nitro-group in the aromatic compound.
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GILLESPIE, R., HUGHES, E., INGOLD, C. et al. Kinetics and Mechanism of Aromatic Nitration. Nature 163, 599–600 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/163599b0
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