Cyclopentadiene → 2-Hydroxyethyl bicyclo[2.2.1]hept-5-ene-2-carboxylate

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About 66 g of cyclopentadiene is dissolved in about 500 g of tetrahydrofuran (THF). To the resulting mixture was added 130 g of 2-hydroxyethyl acrylate, and the reaction mixture was stirred at −30° C. for 10 hours. The solvent was removed by distillation through a rotary distiller. The title compound was obtained by distillation under reduced pressure (yield: 85%).

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