Using Hydrocarbon Acidities to Demonstrate Principles of Organic Structure and Bonding

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 80, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1322-1327

  Dicks, Andrew P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; CHEMICAL BONDS; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; HYDROCARBONS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

AROMATICITY;

EDUCATION;

EID: 0242352600     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed080p1322     Document Type: Article

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