Figure 1.

a) Selected products of strain‐release approaches using cyclopropanes and [1.1.0]‐bicyclobutanes (BCBs). b) Bioactive compounds featuring the norbornane ring system. c) Photocatalytic intermolecular couplings of housane ketones. d) Our strategy to access norbornane derivatives by SmI2‐catalyzed intermolecular coupling of housane ketones and alkenes. Gdm = guanidinium; PG = protecting group; EnT = energy transfer.