1) Suggest a reason why the starting material (trans-1,4-diphenyl-2-butene-1,4-dione) should be recrystallized prior to use in the photochemical isomerization of an alkene.
2) cis and trans-1,4-diphenyl-2-butene-1,4-dione are stereoisomers. What is the specific relationship between the two of them?