substituents Activation energies, ΔEact (kcal/mol) Enthalpy changes, ΔH (kcal/mol)
  Para-endo Para-exo Meta-endo Meta-exo Para-endo Para-exo Meta-endo Meta-exo
-CH3 +7.63 +10.07 +11.20 +12.18 -55.18 -52.62 -54.00 -52.84
-OH +3.97 +11.06 +17.11 +16.21 -54.45 -52.11 -49.93 -50.08
-CN +3.27 +5.06 +4.50 +5.02 -57.85 -57.85 -57.94 -57.94
-Cl +5.30 +8.78 +11.25 +11.50 -58.48 -58.48 -58.08 -58.08
Table 7: Energetics of the reactions of isoprene and substituted cyclobutenones.