Infrared Absorption Studies. V. Association in the Carboxylic Acids

AM Buswell, WH Rodebush…

Index: Buswell; Rodebush; Roy Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1938 ,  vol. 60, p. 2239,2242            

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Abstract

The electron conception of valence proposed some twenty years ago led to theeprediction in 1920 of two types of associated liquids.'In one of these the molecules should be combined with the formation of definite polymers (dimers in the case of acetic acid) while in the other type polymers of indefinite molecular weight and structure were anticipated. Radically different behavior, especially in the case of solvent properties, was predicted in the two ...