Ling Y Lin

53470630, Sep 13, 1994

Mar 9, 1993

8/028458

Dong-Min Shen - Langhorne PA
Orville L. Chapman - Los Angeles CA
Ling Lin - Los Angeles CA
Rafael Ortiz - Los Angeles CA

Mobil Oil Corporation - Fairfax VA

C07C 1328

585352

The present invention provides a method for arylating a non-halogenated diamondoid compound comprising the steps of: (a) providing a non-halogenated diamondoid compound or mixture of non-halogenated diamondoid compounds and an aromatic compound or mixture of aromatic compounds wherein at least one diamondoid compound and at least one aromatic compound are at least partially miscible; (b) mixing the compounds of step (a) to form at least a partial solution; (c) adding a reactive halide source to the mixture of step (b); (d) adding a Lewis acid to said mixture of step (c); (e) heating said mixture of step (d) to temperature above ambient and holding said heated mixture at elevated temperature; (f) recovering an arylated diamondoid compound from said solution.