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trans-Cyclooctene is less stable than cis-cyclooctene by $38.5 \mathrm{kJ} / \mathrm{mol}$, but transcyclononene is less stable than cis-cyclononene by only $12.2 \mathrm{kJ} / \mathrm{mol}$. Explain.
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