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We illustrate below by two examples certain elementary errors which have become imbedded in many text-books, with the result that some of the first facts of organic chemistry are being incorrectly presented to each succeeding group of students.
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AUSTIN, A., HUGHES, E. & INGOLD, C. Text-book Organic Chemistry. Nature 160, 406 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1038/160406c0
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