Quantum-Chemical Study of Formation of Alkyl- and Alkenyladamantanes by Ionic Alkylation with Olefins

The thermodynamic parameters of formation reactions (total energy at 0 K, enthalpy, and Gibbs free energy at a temperature of 298.15 K and a pressure of 101 325 Pa) were estimated in the B3LYP-D3(BJ)/6-311++G** approximation for the products of ionic alkylation of adamantane and lower alkyladamantanes with ethylene and propylene. Aluminum chloride was used as an acid catalyst model. The quantum-chemical calculations demonstrated the effect of methyl groups in adamantanes and the molecular weight of the olefin on the energetics of formation of the corresponding alkyl- and alkenyladamantanes.