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The single crystal structure of the ordered phase of norbornadiene was
determined using a new method of growing crystals at low temperatures
, via an in situ technique utilising IR light from a CO2 laser focused
on a capillary filled with an organic solution of a sample that usual
ly forms plastic crystals.