Low-temperature,high-resolution crystal structure study of tricyclo[3.3.1.13,7]decan-2-ol (adamantanol-2)

The structure of the title compound (C₁₀H₁₅OH) was determined by X-ray diffraction at liquid nitrogen temperature. The crystals are triclinic, spacegroupP¯1 witha=11.3686(5),b=11.3990(5),c=11.4353(6) Å,=82.193(4),=70.211(4) and =62.279(4)°,V _c =1233.9(1) ų,Z=6,F(000)=504,D _x =1.229 g cm^–3; MoK radiation, =0.71073 Å,(MoK)=0.7 cm^–1. FinalR factor=0.046 andwR=0.062 for 8162 reflections withI>2.5(I). The asymmetric unit consists of three independent adamantanol-2 molecules which together with the three symmetry-related molecules form a cluster having pseudo ¯3 symmetry. The six molecules in the cluster are connected by six O-HO hydrogen bonds, the oxygens of which constitute an almost ideal chair conformation.