Show that [4+4] cycloaddition of two butadiene molecules to give cycloocta-1,5-diene is thermally forbidden but photochemically allowed    b.Thermally allowed cycloaddition of the two butadiene molecules when there's a different. Show reaction and explain why it is thermally allow

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a. Show that [4+4] cycloaddition of two butadiene molecules to give cycloocta-1,5-diene is thermally forbidden but photochemically allowed 

 

b.Thermally allowed cycloaddition of the two butadiene molecules when there's a different. Show reaction and explain why it is thermally allow

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