1-Adamantanecarboxylic acid → Tricyclo(3.3.1.13,7)decane-1-carboxamide

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A solution of adamantane-1-carboxylic acid (2.00 g, 11.10 mmol) in EtOAc (20 mL) was treated with CDI (2.00 g, 12.33 mmol), stirred at RT for 20 minutes, treated with NH4OH (˜14M, 5 mL, ˜70 mmol) and stirred at RT for 20 minutes. The mixture was concentrated to dryness, treated with satd. NaHCO3 and the solids collected via filtration and dried to afford adamantane-1-carboxamide (1.74 g, 87%) as a white solid. 1H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6): δ 6.91 (s, 1H), 6.65 (s, 1H), 1.92 (m, 3H), 1.74-1.71 (m, 6H), 1.68-1.57 (m, 6H); MS (ESI) m/z: 180.1 (M+H+).

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