Christopher Kelk Ingold Quotes

• You ask whether I am going over to the history of science... no, I am not as old as that.

  Christopher Kelk Ingold

  Science, Biographies, History Of Science

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• Since it is proposed to regard chemical reactions as electrical transactions in which reagents act by reason of a constitutional affinity either for electrons or for atomic nuclei, it is important to be able to recognize which type of reactivity any given reagent exhibits.

  Christopher Kelk Ingold

  Important, Nucleus, Able

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• Reagents are regarded as acting by virtue of a constitutional affinity either for electrons or for nuclei... the terms electrophilic (electron-seeking) and nucleophilic (nucleus-seeking) are suggested... and the organic molecule, in the activation necessary for reaction, is therefore required to develop at the seat of attack either a high or low electron density as the case may be.

  Christopher Kelk Ingold

  Science, Acting, Nomenclature

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• [Flürscheim] was good at unanswerable arguments.

  Christopher Kelk Ingold

  Science, Biographies, Argument

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