Acetic Acid → 1,3-Adamantanediol

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Reaction Steps

To 25 ml of acetic acid were added 10 mmol of adamantane, 1 mmol of N-hydroxyphthalimide and a binary co-catalyst [0.1 mmol of acetylacetonatocobalt Co(AA)3 and 0.4 mmol of acetylacetonatoiron Fe(AA)3 ]and the resultant mixture was stirred under an oxygen atmosphere at a temperature of 75° C. for 6 hours. The products in the reaction mixture were analyzed by gas chromatography, and, as a result, adamantane was converted into 1-adamantanol (yield 39%) , 1,3-adamantanediol (yield 49%) and adamantanone (yield 6%) with a conversion of 99%.

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