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Adamantane: spot the wrong reaction class

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One-step Schleyer isomerization of endo-trimethylene-norbornane to adamantane under AlCl3. The reactant and the product are right. Read the reaction class label.

Lewis-acid carbocation rearrangement
Schleyer adamantane isomerization
Distinguishing Friedel-Crafts from skeletal rearrangement

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