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Proton Magnetic Resonance of the Hydrogen Bond in Phenols

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IT is well known that the hydrogen bond gives rise in phenols to a large shift of the hydroxyl proton1–6. In a variety of compounds in which the OH groups are intermolecularly bonded, several workers have examined the chemical shifts of the hydroxyl proton in both the mono-meric and polymeric compound, through the signal frequency variation which follows dilution in solvents.

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PALA, G. Proton Magnetic Resonance of the Hydrogen Bond in Phenols. Nature 204, 1190–1191 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/2041190a0

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