Molecular motion in the solid state in adamantan-1-ol and adamantan-2-
ol has been investigated using high resolution C-13 NMR spectroscopy w
ith the CP-MAS technique. Adamantan-1-ol is shown to undergo an ordere
d-disordered phase change at about 352 K, and adamantan-2-ol appears t
o have two phase changes characterised by an increasing gain of local
molecular symmetry on the NMR timescale as the temperature is increase
d.