A Barbier-type condensation between adamantanone and cumyl chloride to produce the strained product 2-cumyladamantan-2-01 (1) has been effected using lithium metal in tetrahydrofuran (THF) with a catalytic amount of 4,4'-di-t-butylbiphenyl as an electron-transfer reagent; (1) is characterised by X-ray analysis.
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