β-Cleavage with concomitant specific transfer of a
γ-hydrogen
atom in a six-membered
transition state in mono-unsaturated systems, irrespective of whether the
rearrangement is formulated by a radical or an ionic mechanism, and irrespective of the position
of the charge.
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IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by
A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997).
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