5-Norbornene-2-carboxaldehyde was used in transition metal-catalyzed synthesis of norbornene-derived homopolymers having pendent t-Boc-protected quinizarin moieties for patterned fluorescence images. It acts as Diels-Alder adduct of acrolein and cyclopentadiene. It can be used as protected form of acrolein, from which the double bond may be liberated by cycloreversion, e.g. in a useful synthesis of 2-vinylimidazole.
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Applications
5-Norbornene-2-carboxaldehyde was used in transition metal-catalyzed synthesis of norbornene-derived homopolymers having pendent t-Boc-protected quinizarin moieties for patterned fluorescence images. It acts as Diels-Alder adduct of acrolein and cyclopentadiene. It can be used as protected form of acrolein, from which the double bond may be liberated by cycloreversion, e.g. in a useful synthesis of 2-vinylimidazole.
Solubility
Not miscible in water.
Notes
Store away from air and oxidizing agents. Airsensitive. Store under dry inert gas.
RUO – Research Use Only
General References:
- Jimmy Yoo; Jae-Hyoung Lee; Iwhan Cho; Kwang-Duk Ahn; Jong-Man Kim. The first synthesis of a transition metal-catalyzed homopolymer having pendentt-boc-protected quinizarin for patterned fluorescence images. Macromolecular Research.2003, 11, 69-72.
- Diels-Alder adduct of acrolein and cyclopentadiene. Can be used as protected form of acrolein, from which the double bond may be liberated by cycloreversion, e.g. in a useful synthesis of 2-vinylimidazole: Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 22, 560 (1983):
- Aldol condensation with formaldehyde, followed by crossed Cannizzaro reduction, gives norbornene-2,2-dimethanol, from can be thermolyzed to vinyl-1,1-dimethanol: Tetrahedron Lett., 3775 (1975). For a review of cycloreversion reactions in organic synthesis, see: Synthesis, 121 (1985).