Why I think it’s time to change how we teach the inductive effect
03-06-2026 14:56 via chemistryworld.com

Why I think it’s time to change how we teach the inductive effect

New evidence challenges the idea of long‑range inductive transmission, highlighting that some textbook explanations of inductive effects are oversimplified and, in key cases, completely wrong
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