Posts Tagged ‘chemical mythology’

Janus mechanisms (the past and the future): Reactions of the diazonium cation.

Saturday, December 11th, 2010

Janus was the mythological Roman god depicted as having two heads facing opposite directions, looking simultaneously into the past and the future. Some of the most ancient (i.e. 19th century) known reactions can be considered part of a chemical mythology; perhaps it is time for a Janus-like look into their future.

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