Guilford Jones, II and Lorraine P. McDonnell
J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1976, 36-37
DOI:
10.1039/C39760000036,
Paper
Mass spectral decomposition of 4,4-dimethyl-3-(2-methylprop-l-enyl)-2,2-bis(trideuteriomethyl)oxetan gives preferentially ([2H0]-2,5-dimethylhexa-2,4-diene)+˙; a secondary deuterium isotope effect on the direction of oxetan cleavage (1·08 per deuterium atom at 10 eV) may be calculated.
