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Eliminative Ring Fission of Cyclobutanes: Evaluation of Acceleration by Strain and the Comparison with Cyclopropanes
Earl, Harald A.,Marshall, Donald R.,Stirling, Charles J. M.
, p. 779 - 781 (1983)
Cyclobutanes, by comparison with cyclopropanes, are reluctant to undergo eliminative ring fission; the very similar strain energies are released differently in the transition states for fission.
