Patent ID: 8466310

Claim:
A process for producing an α-substituted norbornanyl acrylate of the general formula [3], comprising: conducting addition reaction of an α-substituted acrylic acid of the general formula [2] to a substituted norbornene of the general formula [1] in the presence of an acid catalyst, wherein the acid catalyst is one or more selected from the group consisting of methanesulfonic acid and camphorsulfonic acid where R 2 to R 5 each independently represent a substituent group selected from a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a carboxyl group, a thiol group, thiocarbonyl group, an amino group and a C 1 -C 8 lower alkyl group in which part or all of hydrogen atoms may be substituted with a fluorine atom and/or a hydroxyl group; at least one of the substituent groups R 2 to R 5 has a carbon chain with a hexafluorohydroxyisopropyl unit represented by HOC(CF 3 ) 2 (CH 2 ) n — (where n is an integer of 0 to 5); and R 1 represents a substituent group selected from a hydrogen atom or a C 1 -C 6 lower alkyl group.