Potassium Carbonate → 1-(4-Methoxy-3-methylphenyl)adamantane

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To a solution of 1-bromoadamantane (3.25 g, 15.25 mmol) and potassium carbonate (1.05 g, 7.62 mmol) in 1-methoxy-2-methylbenzene (10 mL) was added 10 wt. % Pd/C (2.22 g) and stirred at 150° C. under nitrogen for 24 hours. The reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature and filtered. Solvent was evaporated under reduced pressure to afford a crude solid, which was purified by silica gel column chromatography to give 1-(4-methoxy-3-methylphenyl)adamantane as a white solid (4.9 g, 82.3% yield).

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