The thermal decomposition of 3,3-dimethylcyclobutanone in the gas phase in the temperature range 261–313 °C has been found to be homogeneous and to obey first-order kinetics; the rate constants fit the Arrhenius equation (i). log k/s–1= 14.573 ± 0.078 –(192.750 ± 840) J mol–1/RT In10 (i). The results have been interpreted as showing strong support for a quasi-zwitterionic puckered ring activated complex.
H. M. Frey and R. A. Smith, J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 2, 1977, 752 DOI: 10.1039/P29770000752
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