Synthesis 2004(14): 2356-2366  
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-831171
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New Preparation of 1,2,4,5-Tetraoxanes

A. O. Terent’eva, A. V. Kutkina, Z. A. Starikovab, M. Yu. Antipinb, Yu. N. Ogibin*a, G. I. Nikishina
a N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 47 Leninsky prosp., 119991 Moscow, Russian Federation
b A. N. Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, 28 ul. Vavilova, 119991 Moscow, Russian Federation
Fax: +7(095)1355328; e-Mail: ogibin@ioc.ac.ru;
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Received 3 June 2004
Publication Date:
19 August 2004 (online)

Abstract

A convenient procedure was developed for the synthesis of 1,2,4,5-tetraoxanes based on the reaction of gem-bishydroper­oxycycloalkanes with ketals and acetals catalyzed by boron trifluoride etherate, which makes it possible to prepare the target products in yields from 13 to 93%.