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To explain the mechanism of certain thermal reactions in gaseous organic compounds, Prof. M. W. Travers assumes a series of transformations: molecules -> activated state -> complex -> unstable intermediates -> paired products, and states that the rate of reaction usually measured is determined by the transformation complex -> unstable intermediates. He discusses the thermal decomposition of ethane and of ethane-ethylene-hydrogen equilibrium mixtures, and refers to the thermal decomposition of acetaldehyde, methyl nitrite and methylamine.
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Points from Foregoing Letters. Nature 138, 976 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/138976b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/138976b0