N-(2-adamantyl)acetamide

Conditions: temp:90.01; pressure:0.00; stir:; See reaction.notes.procedure_details.

Procedure: To bromine (20 mL, 40 mmol) and aluminum bromide (3.2 g, 20 mmol) was added N-(2-adamantyl)acetamide (4 g, 20 mmol) in portions. The reaction mixture was heated to 90° C. and stirred overnight. The mixture was cooled to rt and poured into ice/water. Satd aq sodium bisulfite was added slowly followed by dilution with CH2Cl2. The organic layer was separated, washed with brine, dried, filtered and concentrated. The crude product was purified by column chromatography to afford N-(5,7-dibromo-2-adamantyl)acetamide (1.98 g, 28%). The mixture was cooled to rt The organic layer was separated washed with brine dried filtered concentrated The crude product was purified by column chromatography

Conditions: temp:0.00; pressure:0.00; stir:; See reaction.notes.procedure_details.

Procedure: A solution of 2-aminoadamantane (20 g, 108 mmol) in dry pyridine (120 mL) was treated with acetic anhydride (12 mL, 128 mmol) and stirred overnight at rt. The mixture was dilute with EtOAc and washed with water, 1 N aq phosphoric acid and brine. The organic layer was dried, filtered and concentrated to give N-(2-adamantyl)acetamide (12.5 g, 60%). 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): δ=1.57 (m, 2H), 1.67 (m, 3H), 1.72 (m, 1H), 1.77 (m, 6H), 1.85 (m, 2H), 1.94 (s, 3H), 3.97 (t, 1H), 5.78 (br, 1H). washed with water, 1 N aq phosphoric acid and brine The organic layer was dried filtered concentrated