Dicyclopentadiene → 5-Phenylbicyclo[2.2.1]hept-2-ene

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Reaction Conditions

Reaction Steps

Dicyclopentadiene (180 g), styrene (140 g), toluene (36 g), and N,N-diethylbydroxylamine (0.35 g) (added as a polymerization inhibitor) were added to a stainless steel reactor. The mixture was heated to 150° C. for 6 hours. The low boiling fraction was removed from the resulting reaction mixture on the roto-vap. The remaining higher boiling fraction was fractionally distilled. The fraction distilling at 130° C. @ 4 mm Hg was analyzed by GC and found to be 96% 5-phenylnorbornene.

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