Petroleum Chemistry, Vol.58, No.10, 895-904, 2018
Theory and Practice of the Preparation of Adamantylarenes
The adamantylation of diphenyl oxide and phenol with 1-chloro(bromo)adamantanes in a liquid phase has been studied. The reaction has been performed under kinetic control and under the conditions of reaching chemical equilibrium using the following catalysts: Amberlyst 36 Dry, in situ HBr, and AlCl3. The kinetics of isomerization of (1-adamantyl)- and (2-adamantyl)diphenyl oxides has been studied at 333 and 417 K in the presence of AlCl3 and Amberlyst 36 Dry, respectively. The equilibrium of the positional and structural "bridge-bridgehead" isomerization has been studied in the range of 333-523 K. It has been found that high selectivity of the adamantylation of diphenyl oxide or phenol can be achieved in the case of the use of sulfonated cation-exchange resins as a catalyst. In the presence of aluminum halides or HBr, the reaction mixture has been represented by all the possible isomers and adamantane.
Keywords:isomerization;kinetics;chemical equilibrium;adamantane;sulfonated cation-exchange resins;acids