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Formation of Mesomeric Systems

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THE recent article1 by Prof. Ingold on “Resonance and Mesomerism” prompts me to refer to an aspect of this subject which has presented itself in connexion with the study of aliphatic diazo-compounds2.

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  1. NATURE, 141, 314 (1938).

  2. Compare Chemistry and Industry, 59, 203 (1938).

  3. Compare the review in Z. Angew. Chem., 50, 703 (1937).

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KENNER, J. Formation of Mesomeric Systems. Nature 141, 786–787 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/141786a0

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