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The internal elimination mechanism has a rate limiting step with a cyclic transition state.
         
H2C=CH2
  +  
RCOOH
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Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
Decomplexation or Fragmentation
Elimination
Elimination: Internal
Eliminations 2: The E1, E1cb, E2, and Ei Mechanisms

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