Conclusions
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In the photolysis of methyl o-, m-, and p-bromobenzoates in benzene the corresponding methyl biphenylcarboxylates are formed.
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For the isomeric bromobenzoic esters the photolysis rate falls in the order: ortho > meta > para.
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Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 1, pp. 157–160, January, 1968.
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Nikishin, G.I., Chel'tsova, M.A. Photolysis of methyl o-, m-, and p-bromobenzoates in benzene. Russ Chem Bull 17, 148–150 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00914655
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