New Preparation of 1,2,4,5-Tetraoxanes

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%.