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The rate of the interconversion of 2‐ and 1‐phenylcycloheptatriene upon heating has been measured. These 1‐5 shifts ‐ in which the phenyl group is attached to the non‐shifting double bond — are somewhat faster than in unsubstituted cycloheptatriene.
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Borg et al. (1965) studied this question.
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