extrusion transformation

https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.E02311
A @T06446@ in which an atom or group Y connected to two other atoms or groups X and Z is lost from a molecule, leading to a product in which X is bonded to Z, e.g.
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or
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The reverse of an extrusion is called @I03058@.
See:
cheletropic reaction
,
insertion
,
transformation
Source:
PAC, 1994, 66, 1077. (Glossary of terms used in physical organic chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1994)) on page 1114 [Terms] [Paper]