Functionalization of saturated hydrocarbons by aprotic superacids 6. * Effective regioselective monoformylation of adamantane in the presence of a hydride ion donor

Article abstract of DOI:10.1007/BF02495402

The inefficient formylation of adamantane by CO initiated by superacid systems based on polyhalomethanes and aluminum halides becomes selective in the presence of methylcyclopentane and affords 1-adamantanecarbaldehyde in an almost quantitative yield under mild conditions.