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Cyclopropanone is a highly reactive ketone, presumably because of the extra angle strain...

Cyclopropanone is a highly reactive ketone, presumably because of the extra angle strain introduced into the three-membered ring by the sp2-hybridized carbonyl carbon. Cyclopropenone is much less reactive even though it has more angle strain. Offer an explanation for this experimental observation.

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