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Chemistry
Level
4
What does this compound turn into when mildly heated?
It stays the same
Benzene
Naphtalene
Prismane
Acetylene and cyclobutadiene
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1 solution
According to the Woodward-Hoffmann rules, a thermal opening is forbidden because it would be conrotatory, yielding a trans-benzene. Were it a photochemical reaction, it would have been allowed, resulting benzene.