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The steric hindrance postulated by Arnold and co-workers to account for anomalous reaction rates of some substituted acetophenones has been verified by means of ultraviolet light absorption data. The spectra of a number of other substituted acetophenones have been discussed in terms of the electronic and steric effects of substituents.
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