21069-18-1Relevant articles and documents
Synthesis and Stereochemistry of 2,5-Dimethoxy 3,6-Disubstituted 1,4-Dioxanes Obtained from α-Hydroxy Dimethyl Acetals
Moriarty, Robert M.,Hou, Kwang-Chung
, p. 4581 - 4583 (2007/10/02)
Several α-hydroxy dimethyl acetals were shown to undergo bimolecular loss of CH3OH under acid catalysis to yield the corresponding 1,4-dioxane.In the case of the 3,3-dimethoxy-2-pentanol (5) rearrangement accounts for the formation of 3,6-diethyl-2,5-dime