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A Correlation between Reactivity towards Free Radicals and Free Valence Number in Polycyclic Aromatics

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IN recent papers dealing with theoretical molecular properties derivable on the basis of quantum mechanics, Coulson and others1,2 stated that the free valence number calculated for a given carbon atom should be related to its ability to interact with a free radical, being a measure for the unused bonding power of that atom.

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KOOYMAN, E., FARENHORST, E. A Correlation between Reactivity towards Free Radicals and Free Valence Number in Polycyclic Aromatics. Nature 169, 153–154 (1952). https://doi.org/10.1038/169153a0

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