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The radical cation of norbornadiene or quadricyclane (Q) and of norbornadiene (NBD) produced by γ-radiolysis in polar ZSM-5 undergo a reverse Diels–Alder reaction, which is a thermally forbidden, photochemically allowed process, to cyclopentadiene radical cation.
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Barnabas et al. (1993) studied this question.
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