2-Hydroxy-5-norbornene-2-carboxylic acid → 2-Hydroxybicyclo(2.2.1)heptane-2-carboxylic acid

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In 100 ml of ethyl acetate, 10.0 g of the 2-hydroxy-5-norbornene-2-carboxylic acid of Formula (4a) obtained in Step b. was dissolved. To the resulting solution, 0.5 g of 10% palladium carbon was further added as a catalyst for catalytic hydrogenation. This solution was stirred for 2 hours in an atmosphere of hydrogen gas to carry out catalytic hydrogenation. After the reaction was completed, the catalyst was separated by filtration and the ethyl acetate was evaporated from the filtrate under reduced pressure to obtain 14.5 g of crude 2-hydroxynorbornane-2-carboxylic acid of Formula (5a).

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