Palladium-catalyzed arylation of adamantane-1,3-diyldimethanamine and 2,2′-(adamantane-1,3-diyl)diethanamine with isomeric bromochloro-and dibromobenzenes was studied. The yields of N,N′-diarylation products depend on the initial diamine and dihalobenzene structure. Side reactions were revealed, which reduced the yield of the target products. The arylation of 2,2′-(adamantane-1,3-diyl)diethanamine gives the corresponding N,N′-diaryl derivatives with better yield. The possibility for synthesizing unsymmetrical N,N′-diaryl derivatives of 2,2′-(adamantane-1,3-diyl)diethanamine was demonstrated. * For communication II, see [1].In the preceding communications [1, 2] we reported on the results of our studies on palladium-catalyzed arylation of adamantane-containing monoamines. The synthesis of nitrogen-containing macrocycles from 2,2′-(adamantane-1,3-diyl)diethanamine was described in [3,4]. Insofar as catalytic amination with participation of adamantane-containing amines is largely determined by the amine structure, we believed it reasonable to perform systematic study on palladium-catalyzed arylation of diamines of the adamantane series, which could give rise to wider diversity of N-aryl derivatives. Adamantane-1,3-diyldimethanamine and 2,2′-(adamantane-1,3-diyl)diethanamine were synthesized from the corresponding dicarboxylic acids through their chlorides, amides, and nitriles; the latter were reduced with lithium tetrahydridoaluminate in tetrahydrofuran with a yield of up to 63% [5,6]. Antiviral properties of adamantane-1,3-diyldimethanamine and 2,2′-(adamantan-1,3-diyl)diethanamine hydrochlorides were examined in [6], and the latter turned out to be active against bird influenza viruses.The applications of these amines are quite versatile. New carbocyclic Schiff bases were synthesized via reactions with aromatic aldehydes, and their biological activity was studied [7]. Stroganov et al. [8] studied specificity of vitrification of polymers upon hardening with diaminoadamantanes. Khardin and Pershin [9] proposed a procedure for the synthesis of diisocyanates by treatment of adamantane-containing diamine dihydrochlorides with phosgene. Diisocyanates are introduced into polymeric chain of polyurethanes to enhance their chemical resistance and photostability. Diamines of the adamantane series were used to synthesize polyamides that are characterized by higher heat resistance and hydrolytic stability than polymers based on adamantane-1,3-dicarboxylic acid [10]; moreover, polymers obtained from adamantane-1,3-diyldimethanamine showed a higher heat resistance than those derived from 2,2′-(adamantane-1,3-diyl)diethanamine. These diamines were also used to modify aromatic polyimides [11][12][13]. Polyimides containing adamantane fragments are more hydrolytically and thermally stable. Highly efficient rubber stabilizers were obtained on the basis of 2,2′-(adamantane-1,3-diyl)diethanamine [14,15]. For example, doping with such its derivatives as 1,3-bis[2-(m-fluorobenzylideneamino)ethyl]adamantane and 1,3-bis[2-(p-methoxybenz...