The Journal of Organic Chemistry

Synthesis and stereochemistry of 2, 5-dimethoxy 3, 6-disubstituted 1, 4-dioxanes obtained from. alpha.-hydroxy dimethyl acetals

RM Moriarty, KC Hou

Index: Moriarty, Robert M.; Hou, Kwang-Chung Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1984 , vol. 49, # 24 p. 4581 - 4583

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Abstract

In the course of defining conditions under which the acetal could be hydrolyzed to the corresponding a-hydroxy ketone we adventitiously found conditions under which the a- hydroxy dimethylacetals could be converted to the 1, 4-dioxane in very high yield (Table