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DFT transition state calculations predict that trans-5-oxocene 4, but not trans-4-oxocene 5, would be more reactive than trans-cyclooctene. While both 4 and 5 are more strained than trans-cyclooctene, that the reactivity of 5 is attenuated by the electron withdrawing allylic oxygen.
