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Four cyclic acetals (1-4) hearing free carboxy groups have been prepar
ed: of these, three (1, 3 and 4) do not hydrolyse in solution, but rel
ease aldehydes in a stream of moist air, while a fourth (2) affords a
slow release of aldehyde both in solution and in contact with moist ai
r.