Sulfuric Acid → 2-Methyladamantan-2-yl Acrylate (stabilized with MEHQ)

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A 500 ml flask was flushed with nitrogen to displace the air with nitrogen, and was charged with 36.0 g (0.50 mol) of acrylic acid, 0.5g (5mmol) of sulfuric acid and 100 g of toluene. Separately 88.8 g (0.60 mol) of 2-methyleneadamantane, prepared by the same procedures as described in Reference Example 1, was dissolved in 100 g of toluene. The obtained solution of 2-methyleneadamantane in toluene was dropwise added to the content in the flask over a period of about 3 hours, while the content was maintained at a reaction temperature of about 20° C. Then the content was stirred for 5 hours at the same temperature. After completion of the reaction, the residual catalyst was neutralized by adding 40.0 g (50 mmol) of a 5% aqueous sodium hydroxide solution, and the neutralized liquid was washed with an aqueous saturated sodium chloride solution. The thus-obtained organic phase was subjected to column chromatography, and further, analyzed by NMR and mass spectrometry. Thus, 100.7 g (yield: 91.5%) of the object 2-methyl-2-adamantyl acrylate was obtained.

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