Butanedione → 1-Adamantanol

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Reaction Steps

A mixture of 0.3 mol of 1-adamantanol, 1.8 mol of biacetyl, 1.5 mmole of cobalt(II) acetate, and 300 ml of acetic acid was stirred at 60° C. in an oxygen atmosphere (1 atm) for 4 hours. The reaction mixture was concentrated to about 20% by weight, and was extracted with ethyl acetate, was dried, and was washed with hexane to yield 1-acetyl-3-adamantanol in a yield of 20% with a conversion rate from 1-adamantanol of 82%.

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