A novel compound represented by a formula [1] wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 respectively represent a light or heavy hydrogen atom, R.sup.3 represents a light or heavy hydrogen atom or a methyl group in which tree hydrogen atoms are respectively light or heavy hydrogen atoms, and R.sup.4 is a norbornyl group provided that four or more hydrogen atoms in the norbornyl group are heavy hydrogen atoms; and a novel polymer produced by polymerization of a composition comprising the compound are disclosed. ##STR00001##