Carbon leaving groups in alkene-forming eliminations are exceptionally poor and their ranks show no correlation with the pKa of the conjugate carbon acid; the extent of bond cleavage in the transition state is evidently critical in determining rank.
M. Varma and C. J. M. Stirling, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1981, 553 DOI: 10.1039/C39810000553
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