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IN a recent note1, I discussed those reactions of organic halides in solution which involve substitution by a nucleophilic reagent at a saturated carbon atom. In reply to the letter by Profs. Hughes and Ingold2 on this subject, I wish to make the following points.
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Evans, A. G., Nature, 157, 438 (1946).
Hughes and Ingold, Nature, 158, 94 (1946).
Hughes, Trans. Farad. Soc., 37, 621 (1941).
Evans, A. G., and Polanyi, Nature, 149, 608 (1942).
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EVANS, A. Reactions of Organic Halides in Solution. Nature 158, 586 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1038/158586b0
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