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A closer look at the Mulliken-Barker test

An improvisation for nitro compounds having acidic functionality

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Qualitative analysis of unknown organic compounds is an essential part of the core curriculum for BSc and MSc students in chemistry. The functional group detection is a significant component of qualitative analysis. The present work describes the reason for the failure of Mulliken-Barker test for nitro compounds having carboxylic acid functionality and suggests a possible remedy.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, St Paul’s Cathedral Mission College, Kolkata, 700 009, India

    Kaushik Basu

  2. Department of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology, School of Tropical Medicine, Kolkata, 700 073, India

    Suchandra Chakraborty & Chandan Saha

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Basu, K., Chakraborty, S. & Saha, C. A closer look at the Mulliken-Barker test. Reson 18, 845–848 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12045-013-0108-1

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