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One-Electron Versus two-Electron Transfer Processes in the Mechanism of Oxidation-Reduction Reactions in Solution

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WEISS, J. One-Electron Versus two-Electron Transfer Processes in the Mechanism of Oxidation-Reduction Reactions in Solution. Nature 181, 825–826 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/181825a0

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