PREPARATIVE SYNTHESIS OF VINYL DIAMONDOIDS

We describe a convenient four-step preparation of 1- vinyl adamantane, 1- vinyl diamantane, and 4,9-divinyl diamantane from the respective diamondoid acetic acids in 50-80% isolated yields involving esterification, reduction, and hydrobromination/dehydrobromination. Supplemental materials are available for this article. Go to the publisher's online edition of Synthetic Communications (R) to view the free supplemental file.