Abstract
A convenient approach for the synthesis of hydrocarbons by transformations of cage alcohols in the presence of 2-propanol and sulfuric acid has been proposed. Scalability, good yields and usage of readily available reagents along with synthetic convenience showed usefulness of proposed approach. This approach made it possible to obtain high preparative yields of difficult-to-reach cage hydrocarbons such as 2-methyladamantane, 2-phenyladamantane and homoadamantane. For some substrates, the potential to obtain corresponding saturated hydrocarbons or alkenylation products by varying the concentration of sulfuric acid under reaction conditions has been demonstrated.
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