Tetrahedron Letters

A kinetic study of pyrolytic pathways to benzocyclobutene

P Schiess, S Rutschmann

Index: Schiess, Peter; Rutschmann, Suzanne; Toan, Van Vien Tetrahedron Letters, 1982 , vol. 23, # 36 p. 3665 - 3668

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Abstract

Abstract A simple gas flow reactor simulating flash vacuum pyrolysis conditions is described which yields appoximate rate values for monomolecular gas phase reactions and which has been used for a comparison and optimisation of pyrolytic elimination reactions leading to benzocyclobutene.