Me. Gurskii et al., SYNTHESIS OF 2,6-DIOXABICYCLO[3.3.0]OCTANES AND 3,8-DIOXABICYCLO[4.4.0]DEC-1(6)-ENES BY ELECTROPHILIC CYCLIZATION OF 3,4-DIMETHYLENE-1,6-HEXANEDIOLS, Russian chemical bulletin, 44(7), 1995, pp. 1262-1268
3,4-Dimethylene-1,6-hexane diols 2 obtained by allylboration of ketone
s with 2,3-dimethylene-1,4-bis(dipropylboryl)butane 1 undergo cyclizat
ion on treatment with I-2/NaHCO3 to give -cis-di(iodomethyl)-2,6-dioxa
bicyclo[3.3.0]octanes (4) and/or 3,8-dioxabicyclo[4.4.0]dec-1(6)-enes
(5). 4,4,9,9-Tetramethyl-3,8-dioxacyclodeca-1,6-dione (9) was synthesi
zed by ozonolysis of bicyclic compound 5b. The structure of compound 5
e was confirmed by X-ray diffraction analysis.