A novel rearrangement of 2-adamantyl ‘hypoiodite’: a one step synthesis of oxa-adamantane
Abstract
Treatment of adamantan-2-ol in carbon tetrachloride or benzene with mercuric oxide and iodine, followed by irradiation at 70° with a tungsten lamp, afforded oxa-adamantane (ca. 50%); the course of the reaction, which involves the loss of one carbon atom as carbon monoxide, is discussed.