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IN a recent discussion of the lachrymatory activity of some ethylenic compounds, Dixon and, Needham1 have suggested that lachrymatory properties are conferred by certain substituent groups (ketone, aldehyde, ester, nitro-, etc.) which polarize the adjacent olefinic linkages, rendering them reactive towards nucleophilic reagents.
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BRIAN, P., GROVE, J. & MCGOWAN, J. Fungistatic Activity of Ethylenic and Acetylenic Compounds. Nature 158, 876 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1038/158876a0
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