
%0 Journal Article
%A Johnson, RL 
%A Stimson, VR 
%T Catalysed gas phase decompositions. XXVIII. Cyclopropane and boron trichloride
%J Australian Journal of Chemistry
%D 1975/02/01
%V 28
%N 2
%P 447-450
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9750447
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/CH9750447 
%X Boron trichloride catalyses the isomerization of cyclopropane into propene at 360-470°. The reaction is first order in the pressure of each reactant, and the variation of rate with temperature is given by the Arrhenius equation:                k2 = 1011.35±0.2exp[(-106600 ± 3100)/8.314T] s-1 ml mol-1   The reaction is believed to be homogeneous and molecular. This is the first example of the series where the catalyst has been a Lewis acid. 
