Catalytic radical acetylation of adamantanes with biacetyl by a cobalt salt under atmospheric dioxygen
Abstract
Exposure of a mixture of adamantane and biacetyl under O2 in the presence of Co(OAc)2 (0.1 mol%) in AcOH led to 1-acetyladamantane (47%) and 1,3-diacetyladamantane (20%) as major products along with small amounts of adamantan-1-ol (4%) and adamantan-2-one (3%).