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ArticleChemical science2025

The inductive effect does not explain electron density in haloacetates: are our textbooks wrong?

Edwin C Johnson, Kasimir P Gregory, Hayden Robertson, Isaac J Gresham, Andrew R J Nelson, Vincent S J Craig, Stuart W Prescott, Alister J Page, Grant B Webber, Erica J Wanless

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Article in Chemical science, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Edwin C JohnsonDepartment of Chemistry, University of Sheffield Dainton Building, Brook Hill Sheffield S3 7HF UK e.c.johnson@sheffield.ac.uk.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0092-1008
Kasimir P GregoryCollege of Science, Engineering and Environment, University of Newcastle Callaghan NSW 2308 Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8055-370X
Hayden RobertsonCollege of Science, Engineering and Environment, University of Newcastle Callaghan NSW 2308 Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0653-1390
Isaac J GreshamSchool of Chemistry, University of Sydney Sydney NSW 2006 Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5648-3756
Andrew R J NelsonAustralian Centre for Neutron Scattering, ANSTO Locked Bag 2001 Kirrawee DC NSW 2232 Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4548-3558
Vincent S J CraigDepartment of Materials Physics, Research School of Physics, Australian National University Canberra ACT 2614 Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8048-8397
Stuart W PrescottSchool of Chemical Engineering, UNSW Sydney Sydney NSW 2052 Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5639-9688
Alister J PageCollege of Science, Engineering and Environment, University of Newcastle Callaghan NSW 2308 Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8444-2775
Grant B WebberCollege of Science, Engineering and Environment, University of Newcastle Callaghan NSW 2308 Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8303-6081
Erica J WanlessCollege of Science, Engineering and Environment, University of Newcastle Callaghan NSW 2308 Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0869-4396

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The inductive effect is a central concept in chemistry and is often exemplified by the p

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PMID39781218
PMCPMC11706273

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