norcamphor
Sign in to saveNorcamphor is an organic compound, classified as a bicyclic ketone. It is an analog of camphor, but without the three methyl groups. A colorless solid, it is used as a building block in organic synthesis.
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- chemical compound
- Mass
- 110.073165
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- chemical formula
- C₇H₁₀O
- canonical SMILES
- C1CC2CC1CC2=O
- melting point
- 95.0
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Norcamphor is an organic compound, classified as a bicyclic ketone. It is an analog of camphor, but without the three methyl groups. A colorless solid, it is used as a building block in organic synthesis.
==Synthesis and reactions== Norcamphor was prepared from a Diels-alder reaction of cyclopentadiene and vinyl acetate, followed by oxidation with chromic acid in acetic acid solution. A more recent synthesis produces norbornene via the 2-formate ester, oxidized with chromic acid in acetone. It is a precursor to norborneols. The enzymatically mediated Baeyer-Villiger oxidation of norcamphor gives the lactone.
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