Question: In a classic experiment, Edward Hughes (a colleague of in golds at University College, London) studied the rate of racemization of 2-iodooctane by sodium iodide

In a classic experiment, Edward Hughes (a colleague of in gold’s at University College, London) studied the rate of racemization of 2-iodooctane by sodium iodide in acetone and compared it with the rate of incorporation of radioactive iodine into 2-iodooctane

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