Diethyl Ether → 5-Norbornene-2-carboxylic acid

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Reaction Steps

49.5 g of acrylic acid was added to 49.9 g of cyclopentadiene and 40 ml of diethyl ether, and a reaction was allowed to react at room temperature for 2 hr with stirring. After the completion of the reaction, the reaction mixture was concentrated and purified by distillation to give 78.0 g (yield: 82%) of an intended product.

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