1,2,5,10,11,14-hexaoxadispiro[5.2.5.2]hexadecanes: novel spirofused bis-trioxane peroxides

Molecules. 2008 Aug 19;13(8):1743-58. doi: 10.3390/molecules13081743.

Abstract

A set of new bis-spirofused 1,2,4-trioxanes 4a-d was obtained from the reaction of cyclohexane-1,4-dione with allylic hydroperoxides 2a-d, bearing an additional hydroxy group in the homoallylic position, by diastereoselective photooxygenation of allylic alcohols 1a-d and subsequent BF(3)-catalyzed peroxyacetalization with the diketone. From the reaction of a monoprotected cyclohexane-1,4-dione 5 with the allylic hydroperoxide 6 derived from the singlet oxygenation of methyl hydroxytiglate, one monospiro compound was obtained, the 1,2,4-trioxane ketone 7, as well as a mixture of the diastereoisomeric syn- and anti bis-1,2,4-trioxanes 8. The structures of bis-1,2,4-trioxanes were examined theoretically by DFT methods and compared with X-ray structural data in order to evaluate the preferential trioxane ring conformational orientation.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Cyclohexanes / chemistry
  • Heterocyclic Compounds / chemical synthesis
  • Heterocyclic Compounds / chemistry
  • Hydrogen Peroxide / chemistry
  • Molecular Structure
  • Peroxides / chemical synthesis*
  • Peroxides / chemistry
  • Spiro Compounds / chemical synthesis*
  • Spiro Compounds / chemistry

Substances

  • Cyclohexanes
  • Heterocyclic Compounds
  • Peroxides
  • Spiro Compounds
  • Cyclohexane
  • Hydrogen Peroxide