Synthesis 2018; 50(15): 2799-2823
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1610143
review
© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Norbornene in Organic Synthesis

Caifeng Li
a   School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Tianjin University, 92 Weijin Road, Nankai District, Tianjin 300072, P. R. of China   Email: jhuang@tju.edu.cn
b   Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), Tianjin 300072, P. R. of China
c   Tianjin Key Laboratory for Modern Drug Delivery & High-Efficiency, Tianjin 300072, P. R. of China
,
Liu Liu
a   School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Tianjin University, 92 Weijin Road, Nankai District, Tianjin 300072, P. R. of China   Email: jhuang@tju.edu.cn
b   Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), Tianjin 300072, P. R. of China
c   Tianjin Key Laboratory for Modern Drug Delivery & High-Efficiency, Tianjin 300072, P. R. of China
,
Xuegang Fu
a   School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Tianjin University, 92 Weijin Road, Nankai District, Tianjin 300072, P. R. of China   Email: jhuang@tju.edu.cn
b   Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), Tianjin 300072, P. R. of China
c   Tianjin Key Laboratory for Modern Drug Delivery & High-Efficiency, Tianjin 300072, P. R. of China
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Jianhui Huang*
a   School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Tianjin University, 92 Weijin Road, Nankai District, Tianjin 300072, P. R. of China   Email: jhuang@tju.edu.cn
b   Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), Tianjin 300072, P. R. of China
c   Tianjin Key Laboratory for Modern Drug Delivery & High-Efficiency, Tianjin 300072, P. R. of China
› Author Affiliations
Financial support from the ‘973’ Program (2015CB856500) and the NSFC (Grant No. 21672159) is gratefully acknowledged.
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Publication History

Received: 24 February 2018

Accepted after revision: 21 March 2018

Publication Date:
25 June 2018 (online)


Dedicated to Prof. Kang Zhao on the occasion of his 60th birthday

Abstract

The norbornene skeleton possesses an alkene functionality with a fixed conformation, and represents unique reactivity. The use of norbornene and analogues as substrates is overviewed; reactivities are discussed as well as the role of norbornenes as ligands assisting modern organic transformations.

1 Introduction

2 Synthesis of Substituted Norbornenes

2.1 Preparation of Functionalized Norbornenes by Deprotonation and Substitution Reactions

2.2 Preparation of Functionalized Norbornenes under Palladium-Catalyzed­ Reaction Conditions

2.3 Alkylation of Norbornene

2.4 Multistep Synthesis

3 Synthesis of Substituted Norbornanes

3.1 Three-Membered-Ring Formation

3.2 Formation of Four-Membered Rings

3.3 Five- and Six-Membered Ring Formation

3.4 Syntheses of Difunctionalized Norbornanes

4 Synthesis of Cyclopentanes

4.1 Oxidation Reactions

4.2 Ring-Opening Cross Metathesis (ROCM)

4.3 Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization (ROMP)

4.4 Palladium-Catalyzed Ring-Opening of Norbornene

5 Norbornene-Mediated Reactions

5.1 Palladium Insertion into Carbon–Halide Bonds

5.2 Palladium Insertion into N–H and C–H Bonds

5.3 Norbornene as Ligand in Mediated Reactions

6 Conclusion