Hydrochloric Acid → HCID 12616415, compound

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1,3,5,7-Tetraacetamidoadamantane tetrahydrate (2.0 g=4.6 mmoles) was dissolved in 18% hydrochloric acid (30 ml of concentrated hydrochloric acid diluted with 30 ml of water) and the solution was refluxed for three hours. The crystalline product thus obtained was separated from the mixture by filtration, washed with acetone and dried. 1.29 g of product, mp 360° C. (lit.>360° C., H. Stetter and C. Wulff, Chem. Ber. 93, 1366 (1960)), corresponding to an 82.0% yield, were obtained.

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