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Published on: November 23, 2016
1-Acetyl-3-hydroxyadamantane and 1-carboxy-3-hydroxyadamantane
1Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri-St. Louis 63121, USA. nigam_rath@umsl.edu
Abstract:
The crystal structures of the adamantane derivatives, 1-acetyl-3-adamantanol, C12H18O2, (4), and 3-hydroxyadamantane-1-carboxylic acid, C11H16O3, (5), have been determined by X-ray diffraction. Both structures show extensive intermolecular hydrogen bonding involving the hydroxyl and acetyl groups in compound (4), and the hydroxyl and carboxyl groups in compound (5).
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