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IN our study of the influence of structure on the reactivity and properties of non-aromatic compounds in homologous series we have investigated the possibility of calculating Taft's1 polar substituent constants σ*. It is well known that there exists a connexion between the electron density on the carbon atom (Cf) to which the functional group is linked and the value of σ*.
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ZAHRADNÍK, R. An Attempt at Calculating the Taft's Constants σ* . Nature 184, 1865 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/1841865a0
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