Patent ID: 7795468

Claim:
A composition comprising at least 10% by weight of functionalized higher diamondoids having at least one functional group and having the following Formula I: wherein D is a higher diamondoid nucleus with the higher diamondoid being selected from the group consisting of substituted and unsubstituted tetramantanes; substituted and unsubstituted pentamantanes; substituted and unsubstituted hexamantanes; substituted and unsubstituted heptamantanes; substituted and unsubstituted octamantanes; substituted and unsubstituted nonamantanes; substituted and unsubstituted decamantanes; substituted and unsubstituted undecamantanes; and mixtures, isomers and stereoisomers thereof; and R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 5 and R 6 are each independently selected from a group consisting of hydrogen, halo, thio, oxide, hydroxyl, nitro, sulfonylhalide, sulfonate, phosphine, added alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl and aryl, with or without substitution; provided that there is at least one functional group.