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Reflections on the π‐complex theory of benzidine rearrangements
Author(s) -
Shine Henry J.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
journal of physical organic chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.325
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1099-1395
pISSN - 0894-3230
DOI - 10.1002/poc.610020702
Subject(s) - benzidine , chemistry , mechanism (biology) , computational chemistry , epistemology , organic chemistry , philosophy
The ups and downs, and reasons therein, of the π‐complex theory of the mechanism of the benzidine rearrangements, and the possible role of π‐complexes in a newer understanding of the rearrangements, are described.