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Descriptors for Cyclooctasulfur: Estimation of Water-Solvent Partition Coefficients, Solubilities in Solvents, and

Michael H Abraham1, William E Acree2

  • 1Department of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AJ, U.K.

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|August 29, 2019
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