Correspondence 1978

1978 February 1 from Brown to Norbornyl Correspondents re: failure to observe substituent effects at Cl and C2 of the 2-norbornyl system 1978 March 6 from Brown to Schleyer re: 8-page letter concerning Referee 1 in Brown’s Manuscript “Structural Effects in Solvolytic Reactions” 1978 March 17 from Brown to Professor M.C. Whiting (University of Bristol) re: reviews for “Non-classical carbonium ions” 1978 March 28 from Brown to Professor Cheves Walling (University of Utah) re: 8-page letter Brown to leave shortly for trip to Israel and Hebrew University so is making a rapid reply to Walling letter of March 23 1978 April 18 from Brown to Professor Frederick D. Greene (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) re: 4-page letter concerning prediction by Saul Winstein(1965) about highly stabilized 2-norbornyl derivatives 1978 April 19 from Brown to Professor Kenneth B. Wiberg (Yale University) re: the solvolysis of 2-norbornyl derivatives 1978 May 10 from Wiberg to Brown re: referee III question to probability of the exo/endo ratio in norbornyl 1978 May 10 from Brown to Professor J. Meinwald (Cornell University) re: Meinwald’s article in JACS, 100, 2464-2474 requesting reprints 1978 May 11 from Brown to Professor Harlan Goering (University of Wisconsin) re: Goering’s paper in JACS, 100, 2506 1978 May 15 from Brown to Norbornyl correspondents re: Schleyer encouraging the study of 2-norbornyl and after 15 years of study the manuscript of 46 pages is requested to be reduced to one-third in size by Cheves Walling for publication Brown is upset and now goes to Fred Greene to publish manuscript entirely 1978 June 23 from Brown to Norbornyl Correspondents re: “Factor Responsible for the High Exo:Endo Rate Ratio in Secondary and Tertiary 2-Norbornyl Systems” 1978 October 2 from Brown to Norbornyl Correspondents re: Michael Hanack’s Visit 1978 November 6 from Brown to Norbornyl Correspondents re: Exciting Development in Beauchamp’s Laboratory and the Ingold lectures in Great Britain