ISSN 1017-2548(Print)
ISSN 2234-8530(Online)
Volume 32, Number 2
JKCSEZ 32(2)
April 20, 1988 

For two possible paths of thermal ring opening reactions, the approximate reaction path functions, their norms and the approximate reaction path average energies are computed and compared. Illustrated examples clearly justify the postulate that the path with larger norm and lower average energy has lower barrier height than the other.