Patent ID: 8487136

Claim:
A method for producing a norbornene derivative, wherein, in the presence of a reducing agent, palladium and at least one selected from phosphorus compounds represented by the following formulas (1) and (2): wherein, in formula (1), R 1 , R 2 , R 3 and R 4 each independently represent any one selected from an hydrogen atom, a linear chain saturated hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, a branched chain saturated hydrocarbon group having 3 to 10 carbon atoms, a cyclic saturated hydrocarbon group having 3 to 8 carbon atoms, a dialkylamino group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms and an alkali metal sulfonate group, and R 5 and R 6 each independently represents any one selected from a branched chain saturated hydrocarbon group having 3 to 10 carbon atoms, a cyclic saturated hydrocarbon group having 3 to 8 carbon atoms, a phenyl group, a tolyl group, a biphenyl group and a naphthyl group, and wherein, in formula (2), R 7 represents a branched chain saturated hydrocarbon group having 3 to 10 carbon atoms, a norbornadiene derivative represented by the following formula (3): wherein, in formula (3), R 8 , R 9 , R 10 , R 11 and R 12 each independently represent any one selected from a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, a chlorine atom, a linear chain hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms and a branched chain hydrocarbon group having 3 to 10 carbon atoms, l represents an integer of 0 or 1, m represents an integer of 0 or 1, and n represents an integer of 0 or 1, and a bromine compound represented by the following formula (4): Br—Z—R 13 (4) wherein, in formula (4), Z represents a phenylene group and R 13 represents a branched chain hydrocarbon group having 3 to 10 carbon atoms, are reacted with each other to thereby obtain a norbornene derivative represented by the following formula (5) wherein, in formula (5), R 14 , R 15 , K 16 , R 17 and R 18 each independently represent any one selected from a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, a chlorine atom, a linear chain hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms and a branched chain hydrocarbon group having 3 to 10 carbon atoms, Z represents a phenylene group, R 19 represents a branched chain hydrocarbon group having 3 to 10 carbon atoms, l represents an integer of 0 or 1, m represents an integer of 0 or 1, and n represents an integer of 0 or 1, the norbornene derivative having a configuration of a substituent represented by Z in formula (5) that is an exo configuration.