“…[4] Thus, we decided to react phenylethynyl bromide (2 a) with norbornene (1 a), expecting to obtain 2-bromo-3-(2-phenylethynyl)bicyclo[2.2.1]heptane (3 aa; Scheme 1). However, when using the previously optimized conditions, [2] we did not detect the formation of 3 aa, instead we obtained 2-bromo-7-(2-phenylethynyl)-bicyclo[2.2.1]heptane (3 a) in excellent yield, as confirmed by 1 H NMR spectroscopy. This unexpected result attracted our interest, since, to the best of our knowledge, no example of a direct 7-alkynyl bromonorbornane formation has been reported.…”