The kinetics of halogen addition to nitrocinnamic acids

Abstract

The application of our contemporary knowledge of electrons to certain organic reactions, or, "the electronic theory of the English school", as it has been aptly described by an American author Remick, Modern Interpretations of Organic Chemistry, p.58, has provided organic chemists with one of their best working tools, and full use has been made of it in the present investigation. At the same time, however, it has created an extensive and some times confusing terminology, and so it may be advisable to give a concise account of the parlance employed by Ingold, Robinson, Lowry, and their followers, before proceeding with the actual subject matter.