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Isomerizations in Cyclobutenes
Author(s) -
Criegee R.
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition in english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 0570-0833
DOI - 10.1002/anie.196805591
Subject(s) - computer science , psychology
The present article deals with acid‐catalyzed rearrangements and thermal valence isomerizations in cyclobutenes. The characteristic features of small rings, i.e. their practically planar structure and the ring strain, are in fact the causes of the rearrangements discussed.