New approaches to the synthesis of spiro-peroxylactones

Org Biomol Chem. 2003 May 7;1(9):1522-7. doi: 10.1039/b300342f.

Abstract

Ozonolysis of (alkenyldioxy)cyclododecyl hydroperoxides in trifluoroethanol gave a separable mixture of the corresponding alpha-hydroperoxy- and alpha-hydroxy-substituted spiro-tetraoxacycloalkanes with ring sizes in the range 7-12. Dehydration of the hydroperoxides or oxidation of the hydroxy-compounds afforded the corresponding peroxylactones. The solid-state structure of 1,2,6,7-tetraoxaspiro[7.11]nonadecan-3-one was determined by X-ray crystallographic analysis.