Dewar benzene is a highly strained isomer of benzene. In
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Dewar benzene is a highly strained isomer of benzene. In spite of its thermodynamic instability, it is very stable kinetically. It will slowly rearrange to benzene, but only if heated to a very high temperature. Why is it kinetically stable?
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