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Experimental studies of the electrocyclic reactions of 2- and 3-tert-butyl-3-(trimethylsiloxy)cyclobutene and of 3-methoxy-3-fert-butylcyclobutene confirm ab initio computational predictions.
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Houk et al. (1988) studied this question.
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