A series of mono and bis-aminoguanidinium adamantane derivatives has been synthesized and incorporated into liposomes. They combine two biomedically significant molecules, the adamantane moiety and the guanidinium group. The adamantane moiety possesses the membrane compatible features while the cationic guanidinium subunit was recognized as a favourable structural feature for binding to complem...

We report the assembly and thermal transformation of linear diamondoid assemblies inside carbon nanotubes. Our calculations and observations indicate that these molecules undergo selective reactions within the narrow confining space of a carbon nanotube. Upon vacuum annealing of adamantane molecules encapsulated in a carbon nanotube, we observe a sharp Raman feature at 1857 cm(-1), which we int...

Doubly connected cyclodextrin (CD) dimers, called duplexes, have the ability to cross-link hydrosoluble biopolymers grafted with a hydrophobic moiety, inducing a viscosity increase of the solution through formation of stable supramolecular assemblies. CD duplexes behave differently according to the nature of their inter-CD links. CD duplex with hydrophobic links has a better affinity for adaman...

Cyclodextrin vesicles are versatile models for biological cell membranes since they provide a bilayer membrane that can easily be modified by host-guest interactions with functional guest molecules. In this article, we investigate the multivalent interaction of the lectin concanavalin A (ConA) with cyclodextrin vesicles decorated with mannose-adamantane conjugates with one, two or three adamant...

The title compound, 1-(3-isoselenocyanatopropyl)adamantane, was synthesized for the first time from 3-(adamantan-1-yl)propan-1-amine by two-stage reaction with 1-(3-isocyanopropyl)adamantane as intermediate. product characterized NMR, GC-MS, and elemental analysis.

In this paper, we revisit the disorder–order transition in 1-chloro-adamantane and present new data on 1-bromo-adamantane. Rayleigh scattering Raman-active optical lattice phonons are used to easily characterize phase change. Unlike Cl-derivative, Br-derivative shows a semiordered structure vicinity of ambient P,T conditions, which is peculiar compound seems be due more reduced rotational disor...

The Mo(CO)6-mediated photoinduced ring-opening reactions of adamantane isoxazolines involve novel rearrangement that provide enaminoketones as major products and b-hydroxy ketones as minor ones; in contrast, only b-hydroxy ketones and a,b-unsaturated ketones were obtained under thermal condition. 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Table 1. Synthesis of substituted adamantane-isoxazolines 1a–d

Adamantane-resistant influenza A is an emerging problem, but infections caused by resistant and susceptible viruses have not been compared. We identified adamantane resistance in 47% of 152 influenza A virus (H3N2) isolates collected during 2005. Resistant and susceptible viruses caused similar symptoms and illness duration. The prevalence of resistance was highest in children.

The title adamantane derivative, C(19)H(25)NO(2), was synthesized as part of a study into potential anti-tuberculosis agents. The adamantane skeleton displays shorter than normal C-C bond lengths ranging between 1.5230 (15) and 1.5329 (16) Å. The structure displays O-H⋯O hydrogen bonding and an inter-digitated layered packing structure with distinct hydro-philic and hydro-phobic regions.

The stability,optimized structure,binding energy,dipole moment and electronic gap of adamantane, C10H16,incorporating cage-centered small atoms and ions (X@cage, where X = Li, Be, Na, Mg, He, and Ne) have been studied at the B3LYP hybrid level of theory. A wide variety of atoms and ions can be encapsulated by adamantane. The complexes are more stable for smaller and more highly charged metallic...