Kinetics of the Thermal Gas-phase Decomposition of 6-Oxabicyclo[3,1,0]hexane

Abstract

The kinetics of the gas-phase decomposition of 6-oxabicyclo[3,l,0jhcxanc have been studied over the temperature range 670-742 K. at pressures between 1 and 28 Torr. Isomerization to cyclopcnta- nonc and cyclopcnt-2-en-l-ol accounts for —97 of the primary reaction products and occurs by tirst-ordcr, homogeneous, non-radical processes. A'cyclopcntanonc/s-1 = 1014'10 + 11 cxp(-240 400 + 1500/8.314T) A-cyelorcnt^-en-i-ol/s-1 = 10‘3-5" T°-1" cxpf-242 200 + 2200/8.314T)