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ALDEHYDES and ketones decompose in the gas phase in two main ways1. Type I, predominant with short chain compounds, may be represented RCOR' → CO + (RR + RR' + R'R'). Type II, predominant with long-chain compounds, involves a cracking of the long hydrocarbon chain in a position α–β to the carbonyl group, giving a lower carbonyl compound and an olefine.
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NORRISH, R., BAMFORD, C. Photo-decomposition of Aldehydes and Ketones. Nature 140, 195–196 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/140195b0
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