benzene (p-DNB) completely inhibits the reaction of ethyl -nitroisobutyrate with the lithium salt of 2-nitropropane.2 Only after 4.5 hr does the reaction begin, and by this time a parallel reaction conducted in the absence of p-DNB is 98 % complete.Evidence for the involvement of free-radical
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