Oxidation of 1,3-dioxacycloalkanes with dimethyldioxirane

The kinetic regularities of the reactions of dimethyldioxirane with 1,3-dioxane, 2-propyl-, 2-isopropyl-, 2-phenyl-, 2,2-pentamethylene-, 2,2-dimethyl-, and 4-(hydroxymethyl)-2,2-dimethyl-1,3-dioxolanes, as well as with 2-isopropyl-, 2-phenyl-, 2,2,4-trimethyl-, 2-isopropyl-4-methyl-, 4-methyl-, 4-methyl-2-phenyl-, and 5,5-dimethyl-2-phenyl-1,3-dioxanes in acetone were studied by spectrophotometry. The reaction kinetics are described by a second-order equation (first order in dioxirane and first order in dioxacycloalkane). The reaction rate is independent of the concentration of oxygen in the reaction mixture. The activation parameters of the reactions were determined.