Kinetic and thermodynamic effects in the thermal electrocyclic ring-openings of 3-fluorocyclobutene, 3, 3-difluorocyclobutene, and 3-(trifluoromethyl) cyclobutene

WR Dolbier Jr, TA Gray, JJ Keaffaber…

Index: Journal of the American Chemical Society, , vol. 112, # 1 p. 363 - 367

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Abstract

... Contribution from the Department of Chemistry University of Florida, Gainesuille, Florida 3261 1. Received June 1, 1989 ... 0 1990 American Chemical Society ... identicat with its effect on the Ea for the pericyclic ring-opening of 5. The present analysis, however, provides us with the ...