Electronic effects of alkyl groups
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F.G. Bordwell; Herbert E. Fried
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Article
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1977
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Elsevier Science
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French
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The use of Taft u\* constants as measures of electronic effects of alkyl groups has been the subject of considerable discussion. In Taft's original analysis, u\*'s for aysS1 groups, R, (and hydrogen) were derived from hydrolyses of esters, such as RCOtEt, where R is attached to an sp2 hybridized ca