Electrolytic ethoxylation of several γ-furylalkanols

Compounds of the 2-ethoxy-1,6-dioxaspiro4.4]-3-nonene series were obtained during the electrolysis of solutions of primary, secondary, and tertiary-furylalkanols in ethanol as a result of intramolecular alkoxylation. Depending on the conditions, catalytic hydrogenation of the products leads to the formation of 2-ethoxy-1,6-dioxaspiro4.4]nonanes or 1,6-dioxaspiro 4.4 ]nonanes.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 10, pp. 1303–1305, October, 1970.