Petroleum Chemistry, Vol.56, No.2, 96-100, 2016
Isolation of adamantane hydrocarbons from Cenomanian oil of the Russkoe oilfield
Adamantane hydrocarbons have been isolated from Cenomanian heavy naphthenic oil of the Russkoe field using the thiocarbamide adduction method. Steam distillation of the oil has given a fraction (boiling range 105-150A degrees C) containing 0.36 wt % adamantane, from which a concentrate containing 18.2 wt % C-10-C-14 adamantane derivatives has been obtained. Adamantane and its derivatives in the crude oil, oil fractions, and concentrate have been identified, and adamantane has been quantified using the gas chromatography-mass spectrometry technique.