2 Cyclopropane isomerizes exothermically to propene as shown

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2 Cyclopropane isomerizes exothermically to propene as shown H 4 0 H C C H 1 I A 308 kJ mol C 423 kJ mol CIH H HIC C H H H AH 32 kJ mol 1 1 H H cyclopropane propene The C C single bond in propene has an estimated bond dissociation enthalpy BDE of 345 kJ mol while the C C double bond in propene has a BDE of 611 kJ mol Assuming that the C H bonds in propene and cyclopropane all have the same BDE what is the estimated BDE of a C C single bond in cyclopropane B 329 kJ mol 1 D 924 kJ mol