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The ratios of Z- to E-1,2-dibromo-1,2-dihydroacenaphthylene obtained i
n the bromination of acenaphthylene in chlorinated solvents have been
determined by NMR as a function of the reagents concentrations. Kineti
c measurements have shown that always the reaction occured through the
same rate-determining step. A rationalization involving tight or solv
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