| | D4. On the Mechanism of the Thermal Decomposition of Propylene |
 | | The thermal decomposition of propene has been the subject of numerous studies, and the most important features of the reaction seem to be well established. |
 | | Successive addition of two propene molecules to alkyl radicals, 1,5 (and 1,4) H shifts in the adduct radicals, molecular hydrogen eliminations, and decompositions of the oligomeric radicals are parts of the overall mechanism. |
 | | Also, while the present experimental evidence is clearly incompatible with dominant hydrogen formation from the parent molecule in the abstraction reaction, the present data do not allow a clear-cut decision as the role of molecular elimination from the radicals and/or the stable species. |
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