Synthesis of noradamantane building blocks
Matthew Todd, Ivana Cı́sařová, Zdeněk Tošner, Radim Hrdina · Organic Chemistry Frontiers · 2025
The carbon scaffold of noradamantane, a ring contracted adamantane derivative, is notoriously difficult to selectively oxidise and functionalise, which limits the hydrocarbon's use as a building block for preparing noradamantyl decorated targets.