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The reactivities of ketones in their free-radical addition to 1-heptene fall in the sequence: cyclopentanone > cyclohexanone > aliphatic ketone.
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Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 5, pp. 876–882, May, 1965 Original article submitted May 13, 1963
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Nikishin, G.I., Somov, G.V. Relative reactivities of cyclopentanone, cyclohexanone, and alkylcyclohexanones in radical-initiated additions to α-olefins. Russ Chem Bull 14, 845–849 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00845700
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