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THE reaction cyclopentadiene + cyclopentadiene diclopentadiene is reversible, and is bimolecular in the direct and monomolecular in the reverse directions. No observation indicates that a chain mechanism is involved. The association was measured in benzene solution between 15° and 55°, and the decomposition in paraffin solution between 135° and 175°. The Arrhenius equation k = ZeE/RT proved to be valid.
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KHAMBATA, B., WASSERMANN, A. Kinetics of Formation and Decomposition of Dicyclo-Pentadiene. Nature 137, 496–497 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/137496b0
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