Acetic Acid → 1,3-Adamantanediol

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Reaction Steps

To 25 milliliters of acetic acid were added 1.52 grams (10 millimoles) of 1-adamantanol, 0.13 gram (0.8 millimole) of N-hydroxyphthalimide and 0.015 gram (0.06 millimole) of Co(AA)2, and the resultant mixture was stirred under an oxygen atmosphere at a temperature of 75° C. for three hours. As a result, 1-adamantanol was transformed, with a transformation rate of 80%, into 1,3-adamantanediol (selectivity for 1-adamantanol 66%, yield 53%) and 1,3,5-adamantanetriol (selectivity for 1-adamantanol 33%, yield 26%), with a selectivity for the alcohols of 99%.

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