Acetic Acid → Bicyclo[2.2.1]heptane-1,2-diol

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Reaction Steps

A mixture of 0.96 gram (10 millimoles) of norbornane, 0.13 gram (0.8 millimole) of N-hydroxyphthalimide, 0.015 gram (0.06 millimole) of Co(AA)2 and 10 milliliters of acetic acid was stirred in an oxygen atmosphere at a temperature of 75° C. for 15 hours to give 1-hydroxynorbornane (selectivity for norbornane 44%, yield 44%) and 1,2-dihydroxynorbornane (selectivity for norbornane 55%, yield 55%) with a transformation rate of norbornane of 99% and the selectivity for the alcohols of 99%.

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