We know now what a molecular substituent effect on reactivity might feel like to the touch, thanks to this work by Shu, Haley, and colleagues! Read all about it in a work just published in J. Am. Chem. Soc.
Mechanism Dictates Mechanics: A Molecular Substituent Effect in the Macroscopic Fracture of a Covalent Polymer Network
Shu Wang, Haley K. Beech, Brandon H. Bowser, Tatiana B. Kouznetsova, Bradley D. Olsen, Michael Rubinstein, and Stephen L. Craig
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