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... reaction is quite general , the structure of the product depending upon the particular acid salt used . In a formally related reaction , the French chemist Charles - Adolphe Wurtz found in 1855 that organic halides couple when treated ...
... reaction is quite general , the structure of the product depending upon the particular acid salt used . In a formally related reaction , the French chemist Charles - Adolphe Wurtz found in 1855 that organic halides couple when treated ...
Page 168
... react , or reacts only slowly by substitution , and the colour of the bromine solution remains essentially unchanged . The reaction can be modified and used to determine the per- centage of alkenes present in an unknown mixture ...
... react , or reacts only slowly by substitution , and the colour of the bromine solution remains essentially unchanged . The reaction can be modified and used to determine the per- centage of alkenes present in an unknown mixture ...
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... reaction series . By correlating observations of mineral relationships in igneous rocks with data ob- tained from experimental studies , the American petrol- ogist Norman L. Bowen identified the principal reactions that can take place ...
... reaction series . By correlating observations of mineral relationships in igneous rocks with data ob- tained from experimental studies , the American petrol- ogist Norman L. Bowen identified the principal reactions that can take place ...
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