Synthesis and three-dimensional structure of 5,5-disubstituted 2-alkoxy-1,3-dioxanes

It was established by PMR spectroscopy that a chair conformation with an axial orientation of the alkoxy substituent is the primary conformation for 5,5-disubstituted (and unsubstituted) 2-alkoxy-1,3-dioxanes. As compared with alkyl-1,3-dioxanes, 2-alkoxy-1,3-dioxanes are characterized by reversal of the chemical shifts of the axial and equatorial protons attached to C₄, and C₆.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 9, pp. 1182–1185, September, 1981.