Stereoelectronic Control in the Ozone-Free Synthesis of Ozonides

The value of stereoelectronic guidelines is illustrated by the discovery of a convenient, ozone-free synthesis of bridged secondary ozonides from 1,5-dicarbonyl compounds and H₂ O₂ . The tetraoxane products generally formed in reactions of carbonyl and dicarbonyl compounds with H₂ O₂ were not detected because the structural distortions imposed on the tetraoxacyclohexane subunit in [3.2.2]tetraoxanonanes by the three-carbon bridge leads to the partial deactivation of anomeric effects. The new procedure is readily scalable to produce gram quantities of the ozonides. This reaction enables the selective preparation of ozonides without the use of ozone.