Hydroquinone → Allylacetate Norbornene

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Reaction Steps

DCPD (dicyclopentadiene, Aldrich, 248 mL, 1.852 mol), allylacetate (Aldrich, 500 mL, 4.63 mol), and hydroquinone (0.7 g, 0.006 mol) were put in a 2 L autoclave. After heating to 180° C., reaction was carried out for 5 hours while stirring at 300 rpm. After the reaction was completed, the reaction mixture was cooled down and transferred to a distillation unit. The reaction mixture was distilled twice at 1 torr using a vacuum pump at 56° C. to obtain the product (yield: 30%). The mole ratio (mol %) of the exo-isomers to endo-isomers of the product was 17:83.

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