Acetic Acid → 3-Nitrotricyclo(3.3.1.13,7)decane-1-carboxylic acid

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Into a flask, 1 mmole of 1-carboxyadamantane, 0.1 mmole of N-hydroxyphthalimide and 6 ml of acetic acid were added to mix. The mixture was purged by nitrogen monoxide NO (about 1L) and oxygen O2 (about 1L), and then reacted for 20 hours at 110° C. with stirring. The reaction products were analyzed by gas chromatography, and, as a result, the conversion of 1-carboxyadamantane was 90%, and 1-carboxy-3-nitroadamantane (yield 80%) was formed.

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