5-Phenyladamantan-2-one → 2-Methyl-5-phenyladamantan-2-ol

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Freshly prepared methylmagnesium iodide in ether (1 M, 85 mL), was added through a canola to 5-phenyladamantan-2-one (9.6 g, 42.5 mmol) obtained in step II, in THF (85 mL) at 0° C. After stirring at 0° C. for 0.5 h, the reaction mixture was quenched by adding sat. aq. NH4Cl solution. The organic layer was separated and the aqueous layer was extracted with diisopropylether. The combined organic layers were washed with water and brine, dried over anhydrous Na2SO4, and the solvent was removed under reduced pressure to obtain 2-methyl-5-phenyl-adamantan-2-ol (9.9 g) as an off-white solid in 97% yield. M.R: 98-100.4° C. m/z (M+23) 265; 1H NMR (CDCl3) 300 MHz δ 7.42-7.28 (m, 4H), 7.24-7.18 (m, 1H), 2.47-2.26 (m, 2H), 2.14-2.09 (m, 3H), 1.96-1.70 (m, 6H), 1.61-1.57 (m, 2H), 1.42 (s, 3H). 13C NMR (CDCl3) 75 MHz δ 150.0, 128.1 (2C), 125.7, 124.8 (2C), 73.3, 44.0 (2C), 40.5 (2C), 39.6 (2C), 35.9, 32.0, 27.6.

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