Rg. Kostyanovsky et al., AUTOASSEMBLING OF CAGE STRUCTURES .8. ALPHA,OMEGA-BISHYDROXYLATION OFALKYLENEBISMALONATES, Russian chemical bulletin, 43(12), 1994, pp. 2070-2073
Treatment of alkylenebismalonates with NaH and benzoyl peroxide afford
ed dibenzoyloxy derivatives. Alkaline hydrolysis of the latter gave al
kylenebistartronic acids. Tetramethyl and tetraethyl esters and tetraa
mides of these acids were synthesized.