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%).

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