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Table 5.10 STEREOCHEMISTRY ADDITION OF CARBENES TO cis- AND tram-2- BUTENE
OF
Products, Percent
cis Addition
Probable Multiplicity,
Multiplicity, Reactive P\ to Refer-
Carbene Ground State Statea Phase Conditions to ences
Triplet Singlet Gas 500 mm pressure
Triplet Gas > 2000 mm; excess
argon
Singlet Liquid
Singlet (Singlet) Liquid a-Elimination
(Singlet) Liquid From 4HgCC1,Br

Singlet Singlet Liquid From F,C/l \
N
Tripleth (Singlet) Liquid Pbre olefin as solvent
(Triplet) Liquid Olefin diluted 100: 1
with c-C6HI2

Triplet' Singletk Liquid Butadiene added
Triplet Liquid Diluted with C6FB

a Parentheses indicate that reactive state is deduced from stereochemistry of olefin addition.
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