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THE chlorination of benzoic acid in alkaline solution by means of sodium hypochlorite is often quoted as an example of the effect of ionisation on orientation. Lossen's experiments1 have been repeated, and it is now found that the product of chlorination contains 48 per cent ortho-, 32 per cent meta- and 20 per cent para-chlorobenzoic acid. This is an unusual type of orientation.
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Friedländer, 7, 115; 1903.
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SMITH, J. Chlorination of Sodium Benzoate. Nature 131, 28 (1933). https://doi.org/10.1038/131028d0
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