Selective preparation of diamondoid phosphonates

J Org Chem. 2014 Jun 6;79(11):5369-73. doi: 10.1021/jo500793m. Epub 2014 May 21.

Abstract

We present an effective sequence for the preparation of phosphonic acid derivatives of the diamondoids diamantane, triamantane, [121]tetramantane, and [1(2,3)4]pentamantane. The reactions of the corresponding diamondoid hydroxy derivatives with PCl3 in sulfuric or trifluoroacetic acid give mono- as well as didichlorophosphorylated diamondoids in high preparative yields.