A simple and economical process for producing amantadine hydrochloride () on a 250 g scale, an antiviral and anti-Parkinson drug, has been developed. Several methods for the preparation of through intermediate -(1-adamantyl)-acetamide () in four or three steps were reported. These procedures started with adamantine () or 1-bromoadamantane (), acetonitrile, and sulfuric acid by using the Ritter-type reaction to obtain -(1-adamantyl)-acetamide, which was deacetylated to afford 1-amino-adamantane () and then the salt formed with anhydrous HCl gives with the overall yield of being 50-58%.
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