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THE early investigations of Hurd and Blunck1 on the mechanism of the pyrolysis of esters have shown the existence of several decomposition pathways. In recent years, the degradation has been thoroughly examined, and the principal mechanism of the reaction has been shown to be a cis elimination2. However, at the present time, the nature of the secondary reaction mechanisms is not clearly understood.
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RISINGER, G., MACH, E. Thermal Decomposition of Certain Benzyl Esters. Nature 199, 484–485 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/199484a0
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