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Ring Opening of Cyclopropane at 10 K
Author(s) -
Maier Günther,
Senger Stefan
Publication year - 1994
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.199405581
Subject(s) - cyclopropane , cyclopropene , ring (chemistry) , thermal , chemistry , photochemistry , medicinal chemistry , organic chemistry , physics , thermodynamics
“Thermal” reactions at 10 K? How is it posible to achieve a thermal ring‐opening of cyclopropane [Eq. (a)] and cyclopropene (both reactions have substantial energy barriers) at such extremely low temperatures? The answer is to be found in this communications.