The selectivity Is the same for both the gas and liquid phase reactions of methylene with Isopentane (B. M. Herzog and R. W. Carr, Jr., J. Phys. Chem., 71, 2688Chem., 71, (1967). It is not clear why this paraffin shows more selectivity in the condensed phase than the hydrocarbons studied in ref 23 and 2.