2,2-Dimethyl-5-(5-R-furfurylidene)-1,3-dioxane-4,6-diones. 3. Selective hydrogenation of the exocyclic double bond and three-dimensional structures of the reaction products
The reaction of 2,2-dimethyl-5-(5-R-furfurylidene)-1,3-dioxane-4,6-diones with sodium borohydride in alcohol leads exclusively to products of hydrogenation of the exocyclic double bond. The three-dimensional structure of one of them — 2,2-dimethyl-5-(5-methyl-furfuryl)-1,3-dioxane-4,6-dioxane — was investigated by x-ray diffraction analysis (XDA).