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The pyrolytic reactions of tetramethylethylene oxide, cyclopentene oxide, cyclohexene oxide, cyclooctene oxide, 1,2-epoxyethylbenzene, 1,2-epoxy-2-phenylpropane, 1,2-epoxy-1-phenylpropane, and 1,2-epoxy-1,2-diphenylethane were investigated at 600 °C using a conventional pyrolysis flow system. The products are mainly due to thermal cleavage of the oxirane ring followed by rearrangement to give carbonyl compounds.
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Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 5, pp. 946–949, May, 1995.
The authors acknowledge the financial support from B. P. International for this project.
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Oyewale, A.O., Aitken, R.A. Thermal reactions of oxiranes. Russ Chem Bull 44, 919–922 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00696928
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