Molecules 2008, 13(8), 1743-1758; doi:10.3390/molecules13081743
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1,2,5,10,11,14-Hexaoxadispiro[5.2.5.2]hexadecanes: Novel Spirofused Bis-Trioxane Peroxides

Axel G. Griesbeck 1,* email, Lars-Oliver Höinck 1 , Johann Lex 1 , Jörg Neudörfl 1 , Dirk Blunk 1,* email and Tamer T. El-Idreesy 2 email
1 Department of Chemistry, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Greinstr. 4, 50939 Köln, Germany 2 Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
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Received: 28 July 2008; in revised form: 15 August 2008 / Accepted: 18 August 2008 / Published: 19 August 2008
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Spiro Compounds)
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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 BF3-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.
Keywords: Bis-spiro compounds; peroxides; singlet oxygen; DFT calculations; X-ray structure determination.

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Griesbeck, A.G.; Höinck, L.-O.; Lex, J.; Neudörfl, J.; Blunk, D.; El-Idreesy, T.T. 1,2,5,10,11,14-Hexaoxadispiro[5.2.5.2]hexadecanes: Novel Spirofused Bis-Trioxane Peroxides. Molecules 2008, 13, 1743-1758.

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Griesbeck AG, Höinck L-O, Lex J, Neudörfl J, Blunk D, El-Idreesy TT. 1,2,5,10,11,14-Hexaoxadispiro[5.2.5.2]hexadecanes: Novel Spirofused Bis-Trioxane Peroxides. Molecules. 2008; 13(8):1743-1758.

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Griesbeck, Axel G.; Höinck, Lars-Oliver; Lex, Johann; Neudörfl, Jörg; Blunk, Dirk; El-Idreesy, Tamer T. 2008. "1,2,5,10,11,14-Hexaoxadispiro[5.2.5.2]hexadecanes: Novel Spirofused Bis-Trioxane Peroxides." Molecules 13, no. 8: 1743-1758.

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