norcamphor

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| ImageFile = Norcamphor.svg

| ImageSize = 150px

| IUPACName = Bicyclo[2.2.1]heptan-2-one

| OtherNames = 2-Norbornanone

|Section1={{Chembox Identifiers

| CASNo = 497-38-1

| PubChem = 10345

| ChemSpiderID = 9919

| ChEMBL = 361682

| ChEBI = 232344

| SMILES = O=C1CC2CC1CC2

| InChI = 1/C7H10O/c8-7-4-5-1-2-6(7)3-5/h5-6H,1-4H2

| InChIKey = KPMKEVXVVHNIEY-UHFFFAOYAC

| StdInChI = 1S/C7H10O/c8-7-4-5-1-2-6(7)3-5/h5-6H,1-4H2

| StdInChIKey = KPMKEVXVVHNIEY-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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|Section2={{Chembox Properties

| C=7 | H=10 | O=1

| Appearance = Colorless solid

| Density =

| MeltingPtC = 93 to 96

| MeltingPt_ref = {{cite web | title = Norcamphor | url = http://www.sigmaaldrich.com/catalog/product/aldrich/n32601?lang=en | publisher = Sigma-Aldrich | access-date = March 11, 2013}}

| BoilingPtC = 168 to 172

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| Solubility =

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|Section3={{Chembox Hazards

| MainHazards =

| FlashPt =

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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. Norcamphor is prepared from norbornene via the 2-formate ester, which is oxidized. It is a useful precursor to norborneols.{{cite journal |first=Donald C. |last=Kleinfelter |first2=Paul von R. |last2=Schleyer |title=2-Norbornanone |journal=Org. Synth. |year=1962 |volume=42 |pages=79 |doi=10.15227/orgsyn.042.0079 }}