1-Alkyladamantanes undergo anodic oxidation in dry acetonitrile to give 3-alkyl-1-adamantyl acetamides and anodic fragmentation to give 1-adamantylacetamide; fragmentation is favoured by loss of a tertiary fragment but is not sensitive to temperature change.
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Edwards et al. (1975) studied this question.
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