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IN recent years, the mechanism of the thermal decomposition of esters has been thoroughly investigated, and at the present time extensive evidence has been presented to support a cis elimination pathway1. A similar mechanism was also suggested to explain the pyrolysis of borate esters2–4; however, the recent work of Chapman and Borden5 has disclosed the carbonium ion nature of this decomposition.
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RISINGER, G. Thermal Decomposition of Benzyl Borate. Nature 200, 1203–1204 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/2001203b0
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