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Charge-transfer Interaction between the Components of an Acid-base Pair

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IN the spectrophotometric method for determining acidity, it is assumed that the components of the acid-base pair have discrete and independent absorptions. An exception to this rule is noted here.

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HAMMOND, P. Charge-transfer Interaction between the Components of an Acid-base Pair. Nature 201, 922 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/201922a0

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