Acetic Acid → 1-Nitroadamantane

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Reaction Steps

Into a flask, 1 mmole of adamantane, 0.1 mmole of N-hydroxyphthalimide and 6 ml of acetic acid were added to mix. The flask was purged by nitrogen monoxide NO (about 1L) and oxygen O2 (about 1L), and then the mixture was reacted for 20 hours at 110° C. with stirring. The reaction products were analyzed by gas chromatography, and, as a result, the conversion of adamantane was 90%, and 1-nitroadamantane (yield 64%) and 1,3-dinitroadamantane (yield 12%) were formed.

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