Transition-State Barrier for Electrophilic Reactions. Solvation of Charge-Transfer Ion Pairs as the Unifying Factor in Alkene Addition and Aromatic Substitution with Bromine

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 104, Issue 26, 1982, Pages 7599-7609

  Fukuzumi, S ^a   Kochi, J K ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001504721     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja00390a035     Document Type: Article

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