Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 70, No. 2 (Feb., 1973), pp. 289-293 (5 pages) Previous data for the distribution of the n-alkyl carboxylic acids ...
Acid catalysis by hydronium ions is ubiquitous in aqueous-phase organic reactions. Here we show that hydronium ion catalysis, exemplified by intramolecular dehydration of cyclohexanol, is markedly ...