Synthesis and structure of a new cis-1,3-dihydroxycyclohexane derivative having four convergent hydroxy groups

A novel macrocyclic compound, the syn-form of 4,6;12,14-dicyclohexano-cis,cis-4,6,12,14-tetrahydroxy-1,9-dioxacyclohexadecane 1 having four convergent hydroxy groups fixed onto two cyclohexane rings, is prepared and characterized by 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy and X-ray structure analysis, which show the formation of the intramolecular hydrogen bonding network among these four hydroxy groups and two ether oxygen atoms.