Organic Synthesis Using PTC-1: Reactions of Oxybis(bromomethane) with Diols under Liquid-liquid Phase Transfer Conditions

Reaction of oxybis(bromornethane) with 1.2-dihydroxybenzene gives 1.3.5-benzotrioxepinand dibenzo [t,m] ~1,3.5,8,10,12~hexaoxacyclotetradecinl but 1.3-and 1.4-dihydroxybenzene derivatives furnish only polymeric products. 1.2-Bis(2-hydroxyethoxy) benezene with oxybis(brornornethane) 1 gives macrocyclics 5 and 2 .ACI