An efficient one-pot procedure has been developed for the synthesis of cage alcohols with hydroxy groups in the bridgehead positions. The procedure includes initial nitroxylation with nitric acid or a mixture of nitric acid with acetic acid and subsequent hydrolysis in the presence of urea.
Klimochkin, Yu. N.,Yudashkin,Zhilkina,Ivleva,Moiseev,Oshis, Ya. F.