Tricyclo(3.3.1.1'3,7)dec-1-ylmethanol → 6-(Adamantan-1-ylmethoxy)-5-chloronicotinic acid

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A mixture of 1-adamantylmethanol (5.32 g, 32.00 mmol), 5,6-dichloronicotinic acid (6.14 g, 32.00 mmol) and potassium tert-butoxide (8.3 g, 73.60 mmol) in anhydrous dimethyl sulfoxide (100 mL) was heated to 80° C. under nitrogen for 1 h. The reaction mixture was cooled to ambient temperature and diluted with ethyl acetate (500 mL) and 1.0 M aqueous hydrochloric acid (300 mL). The layers were separated and the organic layer was washed with 1.0 M aqueous hydrochloric acid (100 mL), brine (2×100 mL); dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate; filtered and concentrated in vacuo. The residue was triturated with diethyl ether to afford the title compound as a white solid (4.32 g, 42%); 1H NMR (300 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ 13.23 (br s, 1H), 8.56 (d, J=2.0 Hz, 1H), 8.14 (d, J=2.0 Hz, 1H), 3.95 (s, 1H), 2.00-1.88 (m, 3H), 1.71-1.50 (m, 12H); MS (ES−) m/z: 320.3, 322.3 (M−1).

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