Under thermal conditions, will ring closure of (2E,4Z,6Z,8E)-2,4,6,8-decatetraene be conrotatory or disrotatory?

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Problem 21.11P: Molecules of 6,6-dinitrobiphenyl-2,2-dicarboxylic acid have no tetrahedral chiral center, and yet...
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Under thermal conditions, will ring closure of (2E,4Z,6Z,8E)-2,4,6,8-decatetraene be conrotatory or disrotatory?

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