Chemistry of the Podocarpaceae. LVII. The preparation of some 1,3-Dioxans with ambergris-type odours

Abstract

The preparation of a series of five-, six-, seven- and eight-membered ring dioxa compounds is described. All possess odours of the ambra-type, the ambergris character decreasing in intensity as the size of the dioxa ring is increased. The formation of some methoxymethyl ethers is described.