F. Ritschl et al., Application of a thermochemical selectivity criterion to the catalytic oxidation of butadiene to furan and maleic anhydride, REACT KIN C, 66(2), 1999, pp. 211-216
It is shown that the selectivity of furan formation from butadiene is not l
imited by the C-H bond strengths of the molecules involved and that ring fi
ssion energies are not suitable data for the criterion applied.