I. Grosu et al., SYNTHESIS AND STEREOCHEMISTRY OF SOME NEW TRISPIRO-1,3-DIOXANES WITH AXIAL AND HELICAL CHIRALITY, Monatshefte fuer Chemie, 129(1), 1998, pp. 59-68
The stereoisomerism of some trispiro-1,3-dioxanes obtained from substi
tuted cyclohexanones and pentaerithrytol is discussed considering the
possible trispiro-6,9-syn-9,12-syn, trispiro-6,9-syn-9,12-anti, and tr
ispiro-6,9-anti-9,12-anti structures of the spiro skeleton and the cha
racteristic axial and helical chirality of spiranes with six-membered
rings. The influence of the presence of chiral carbon atoms and of the
peculiar conformational behaviour of the molecules on the stereoisome
rism of the these compounds is elucidated.