Method for Producing 2-Adamantanol and 2-Adamantanone
AssigneeIdemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
InventorsAkio Kojima, Hideki Yamane, Kenji Okamoto
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Abstract
The present invention is a process for producing 2-adamantanol and 2-adamantanone from 1-adamantanol, by using as a catalyst a substance comprising at least one kind of acid catalyst selected from Lewis acid(s) and solid acid(s) that coexist with at least one kind selected from the group consisting of carboxylic acids, sulfonic acids, and phosphoric acids, and provides a process suitable for mass production of 2-adamantanol and 2-adamantanone selectively with high efficiency without using sulfuric acid as a catalyst, thereby enabling laborsaving in waste acid treatment step and drastic reduction of the reaction time.
Claims5
A process for producing 2-adamantanol and 2-adamantanone from 1-adamantanol, wherein a substance comprising at least one kind of acid catalyst selected from Lewis acid(s) and solid acid(s) that coexist with at least one member selected from the group consisting of carboxylic acids, sulfonic acids, and phosphoric acids is used as a catalyst.
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