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Figure 3.
Fig. 3. Correlation between the Mulliken charge on the nucleophilic oxygen atom and the experimentally observed second order rate constant (36) for the attack of phenolate, p-cyanophenolate, p-chlorophenolate and p-ethoxycarboxyphenolate on methyl 2,4-dinitrophenyl phosphate (n = 4, R2 = 0.9844).

The above figure is reprinted by permission from the ASBMB: J Biol Chem (2002, 277, 36770-36774) copyright 2002.