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Interesting ChemistryChemical Sciences
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In the previous post I mooted the possibility that a high energy form of the dimer of nitric oxide 1 might nonetheless be able to be detected using suitable traps (such as hydrogenation or cycloaddition). However, an interesting alternative is that this species could be trapped by nitric oxide itself.

Interesting ChemistryChemical Sciences
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Two years ago, I posted on the topic “Internet Archeology: reviving a 2001 article published in the Internet Journal of Chemistry (IJC)”. The IJC had been founded in 1998,  in part at least to “re-invent” the scholarly journal by elevating research data to being a more integrated part of the overall article, rather than as […]

Reaction MechanismChemical Sciences
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In the previous post I followed up on an article published on the theme “Physical Organic Chemistry: Never Out of Style“. Paul Rablen presented the case that the amount of o (ortho) product in electrophilic substitution of a phenyl ring bearing an EWG (electron withdrawing group) is often large enough to merit changing the long […]

Reaction MechanismChemical Sciences
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The title of this post comes from an article published in a special virtual issue on the theme “Physical Organic Chemistry: Never Out of Style” There, Paul Rablen presents the case that the amount of o (ortho) product in electrophilic substitution of a phenyl ring bearing an EWG (electron withdrawing group) is often large enough […]